End-of-life decision making : a cross-national study /
Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2005.
- viii, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Basic bioethics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : issues at the end of life / Robert H. Blank -- Ethical questions related to end-of-life decisions : the Brazilian reality / Leo Pessini -- End-of-life care in China : a view from Beijing / Li Yiting, Ole Doring, Liu Fang, Fu Li, and Su Baoqi -- End-of-life decision making in Germany / Alfred Simon -- End-of-life decision making in India / Sunil K. Pandya -- End-of-life decision making in Israel / Tali Amidror and Frank J. Leavitt -- End-of-life care in Japan / Darryl Macer -- End-of-life decision making in Kenya / Angela Wasunna -- End-of-life decision making in the Netherlands / Henk ten Have -- End-of-life decision making in Taiwan / Tai-Yuan Chiu -- End-of-life decision making in Turkey / Sahin Aksoy -- Death policy in the United Kingdom / Richard Ashcroft -- Death and dying : the American experience / Janna C. Merrick -- Summary : the state of end-of-life policy / Robert H. Blank.
0262025744 (hbk : alk. paper)
2004053084
Terminal care--Cross-cultural studies.
Palliative treatment--Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy--Cross-cultural studies.
Death--Cross-cultural studies.
R726.8 / .E534 2005
362.17/5
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : issues at the end of life / Robert H. Blank -- Ethical questions related to end-of-life decisions : the Brazilian reality / Leo Pessini -- End-of-life care in China : a view from Beijing / Li Yiting, Ole Doring, Liu Fang, Fu Li, and Su Baoqi -- End-of-life decision making in Germany / Alfred Simon -- End-of-life decision making in India / Sunil K. Pandya -- End-of-life decision making in Israel / Tali Amidror and Frank J. Leavitt -- End-of-life care in Japan / Darryl Macer -- End-of-life decision making in Kenya / Angela Wasunna -- End-of-life decision making in the Netherlands / Henk ten Have -- End-of-life decision making in Taiwan / Tai-Yuan Chiu -- End-of-life decision making in Turkey / Sahin Aksoy -- Death policy in the United Kingdom / Richard Ashcroft -- Death and dying : the American experience / Janna C. Merrick -- Summary : the state of end-of-life policy / Robert H. Blank.
0262025744 (hbk : alk. paper)
2004053084
Terminal care--Cross-cultural studies.
Palliative treatment--Cross-cultural studies.
Medical policy--Cross-cultural studies.
Death--Cross-cultural studies.
R726.8 / .E534 2005
362.17/5
