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End-of-life decision making : a cross-national study

Title
End-of-life decision making : a cross-national study / Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Blank, Robert H.
  • Merrick, Janna C.
Description
viii, 266 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Basic bioethics
Uniform Title
Basic bioethics.
Subject
  • Terminal care > Cross-cultural studies
  • Palliative treatment > Cross-cultural studies
  • Medical policy > Cross-cultural studies
  • Death > Cross-cultural studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction : issues at the end of life / Robert H. Blank -- 2. Ethical questions related to end-of-life decisions : the Brazilian reality / Leo Pessini -- 3. End-of-life care in China : a view from Beijing / Li Yiting, Ole Doring, Liu Fang, Fu Li and Su Baoqi -- 4. End-of-life decision making in Germany / Alfred Simon -- 5. End-of-life decision making in India / Sunil K. Pandya -- 6. End-of-life decision making in Israel / Tali Amidror and Frank J. Leavitt -- 7. End-of-life care in Japan / Darryl Macer -- 8. End-of-life decision making in Kenya / Angela Wasunna -- 9. End-of-life decision making in the Netherlands / Henk ten Have -- 10. End-of-life decision making in Taiwan / Tai-Yuan Chiu -- 11. End-of-life decision making in Turkey / Sahin Aksoy -- 12. Death policy in the United Kingdom / Richard Ashcroft -- 13. Death and dying : the American experience / Janna C. Merrick -- 14. Summary : the state of end-of-life policy / Robert H. Blank.
ISBN
0262025744
LCCN
2004053084
OCLC
  • ocm55518431
  • SCSB-5151442
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries