Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life - Table of Contents

Foreword Jack D. Gordon
Acknowledgments

SECTION I: HISTORICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

1. Philosophical Principles of Ethical Judgments
James L.Werth, Jr.

2. Religious, Spiritual, and Ideological Perspectives on Ethics at End of Life
Cynthia B. Cohen

3. Cultural and Religious Views on Nonbeneficial Treatment
Noel Tiano and ElizaBeth Beyer

Case Study: “Please don’t tell her.” Family Opposition to Breaking Bad News
San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care

4. Ethics, End-of-Life Care, and the Law: Overview
Alan Meisel and Bruce Jennings

SECTION II: CURRENT ETHICAL ISSUES IN END-OF-LIFE CARE

5. How Americans Want to Die—Grassroots Values and Cultural Diversity
Bruce Jennings

Case Study: Patient Autonomy, Beneficence, Medical Futility, and the Hospice Health Care Provider
Hospice of Palm Beach County

6. Autonomy, Consent, and Advance Directives
William M. Lamers, Jr.

7. Initiating, Facilitating, and Honoring Conversations about Future Medical Care
Bernard J. Hammes and Linda A. Briggs

Case Study: The Withdrawal of Ventilator Support at Home
San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care

8. When Families Disagree: Family Conflict and Decisions
Samira K. Beckwith

9. Ethical Dilemmas in Surrogate Decision Making
Bruce Jennings

10. Rational Suicide in Terminal Illness: The Ethics of Intervention and Assistance
Thomas Attig

Case Study: Privileged Information or Confused Communication?
Hospice and Palliative Care Associates of Central New York

SECTION III: ETHICS AND THE HEALTH SYSTEM

11. Ethical Dilemmas in Hospice Care
Richard Fife

Case Study: Sarah: Autonomy and Medical Paternalism
Hospice of the Bluegrass

12. A Life Cut Short: When Children Die
Craig M. Klugman

Case Study: Brian: Autonomy and Self-Determination of a Minor
The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care

13. Living and Dying in Nursing Homes
Sandra Johnson

14. Organ Donation: Ethical Issues and Issues of Loss and Grief
Charles A. Corr

15. The Ethics of Excess and Deprivation: Implications for End-of-Life Care
Larry R. Churchill

SECTION IV: CONCLUSION

16. Ethics, End-of-Life Decisions, and Grief
Kenneth J. Doka

Case Study: Withdrawal of Implantable Cardiac Devices
Alive Hospice

17. Emerging Ethical Issues in the 21st Century
Robert Kastenbaum

18. Resources
Lisa McGahey Veglahn