Overview
None of the literature in the field of terminal care provides a full treatment of the laws, documents, and policies relating to the difficult issues arising at the end of life. When Life Ends was written to fill this gap by an attorney who serves on the bioethics committee of a large public hospital. It is an invaluable resource and practical tool for physicians, nurses, medical staffs, legal professionals, hospital administrators, and hospital bioethics committees because it provides: 1) in-depth legal commentaries on the refusal of life-sustaining treatment, advance directives, surrogate decision making, and the Patient Self-Determination Act; 2) more than 70 medical and legal documents to be used in connection with end of life decisions; and 3) hospital policies and procedures to suggest guidelines to hospital bioethics committees as they carry out their functions of developing policies and procedures to address end of life legal and ethical issues.
Full Product Details
Author: Arthur S. Berger ,
Louis Lemberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.415kg
ISBN: 9780275946203
ISBN 10: 0275946207
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 May 1995
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
<p>Although written primarily for physicians and hospital administrators, When Life Ends is certainly appropriate, and perhaps even essential reading for attorney (and their clients) working in health fields, estate planning, and elder law, as well as for social workers, clergy, and private citizens. End-of-life decisions will surely touch many of us either as caregivers, relatives, or patients. When Life Ends provides an objective framework for this often difficult, emotional subject. It is unreservedly recommended for law libraries, medical libraries, and social services collections in universities. - <p> Legal Information Alert
This book is outstanding in its comprehensiveness, thoroughness, and understandable language. The ethical dilemmas faced by individuals, families, health care professionals are clearly delineated as they pertain to end of life decision making....Written so that lay people, as well as health professionals, can understand the content, the book is must reading for all...compelling and informative...I congratulate Mr. Berger on this well documented, scholarly, yet pragmatic book. -Patricia L. Munhall, ARNP, Professor and Associate Dean Graduate Program in Nursing, Barry University
Author Information
ARTHUR S. BERGER is the director of the International Institute for the Study of Death and an active member of the bioethics committee of a large metropolitan hospital. He is an attorney, educator, the author of six books, including Fear of the Unknown (Praeger, 1995), Dying and Death in Law and Medicine (Praeger, 1992), and the editor of three books including To Die or Not to Die? (Praeger, 1990), and Perspectives on Death and Dying (1989).
