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020			_a9780199974412
100			_aYounger, Stuart J. (ed)
245		4	_aThe oxford handbook of ethics and the end of life
260			_aOXFORD : _bOxford University Press, _c2016
505			_aIntroduction; Clinical and legal issues; Theoretical, cultural and psychosocial issues; Physician - assisted death; The emergence of palliative care and hospice
520			_aThe book comprises six sections. Section I examines how the law has helped shape clinical practice, emphasizing the roles of rights and patient autonomy. Section II focuses on specific clinical issues, including death and dying in children, continuous sedation as a way to relieve suffering at the end of life, and the problem of prognostication in patients who are thought to be dying. Section III considers psychosocial and cultural issues. Section IV discusses death and dying among various vulnerable populations such as the elderly and persons with disabilities. Section V deals with physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia (lethal injection). Finally, Section VI looks at hospice and palliative care as a way to address the psychosocial and ethical problems of death and dying.
650			_aEthics
650			_aEthics, Medical
690			_aETHICS
700			_aArnold, Robert M. (ed)
999			_c42061 _d42061