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OverviewThis unusual book presents three prize-winning one-act plays on the hard choices that patients, their families, and their physicians often face at the end of life. The purpose of the volume is to increase awareness and knowledge about advance directives and, beyond that, to facilitate discussion about the many complicated issues surrounding death and dying today. Each play is followed by critical commentary. The introduction provides lucid and succinct explanation of the human, ethical, and legal contexts for the rights of patients in the United States. The volume includes appendices providing values history and living will declarations, durable power of attorney statements, and resource information. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anne Hunsaker Hawkins , James O. BallardPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.250kg ISBN: 9780812215199ISBN 10: 0812215192 Pages: 136 Publication Date: 29 January 1995 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock ![]() The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsJourney into that good night / Berry Barta -- Stars at the break of day / Marjorie Ellen Spence -- Time to go / CE McClelland.ReviewsAuthor InformationEdited by Anne Hunsaker Hawkins and James O. Ballard Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |