CARING FOR THE DYING
Critical issues at the edge of life
Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum (Eds)
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Prometheus Books, 2003
316 pp
ISBN 1-57392-969-7
RRP $US13.60
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This is a collection of twenty-one essays reproduced from a variety of other medical journals, focusing on various aspects of palliative care. The first section deals with the hospice movement, including a comparison of the UK and USA . The second deals with palliative care including the role of palliative sedation and the possibility that legislation may discourage doctors from prescribing adequate analgesia. The third deals with spiritual care for the dying. The final section covers the legal issues in end-of-life care. This book deals with problems we encounter on a daily basis and will be of interest to anyone who works in palliative care and it is useful to have these essays collected together in a single volume.
Roger Woodruff,
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(February 2005)
Author Information
Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum are Professors of Philosophy at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Pt. 1 The Hospice Movement
Debunking the Myths of Hospice
A Comparison of Hospice in the U.K. and the U.S.
Changing the Game in the Intensive Care Unit: Letting Nature Take Its Course
Beyond "Death with Dignity": A Hospice Vignette
What's in a Name?
Pt. 2 Palliative Care at the End of Life
A Caregiver's Quandary: How Am I to Evaluate and Respond to the Other's Suffering?
Palliative Treatments of Last Resort: Choosing the Least Harmful Alternative
Caring for the Dying - Congressional Mischief
House Testimony on the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999
House Testimony on the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999
Existential Suffering and Palliative Sedation: A Brief Commentary with a Proposal for Clinical Guidelines
Palliative Sedation vs. Terminal Sedation: What's in a Name?
Pt. 3 Spiritual Caring for the Dying
Spirituality and Care at the End of Life
Spiritual Care at the End of Life
Control Theory in Dying: What Do We Know?
In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers
The Jewish Patient and Terminal Dehydration: A Hospice Ethical Dilemma
Pt. 4 Legal Issues at the End of Life
Avoiding Family Feuds: Responding to Surrogate Demands for Life-Sustaining Interventions
Commentary: Anxieties as a Legal Impediment to the Doctor-Proxy Relationship
Commentary: From Contract to Covenant in Advance-Care Planning
Twenty-five Years after Quinlan: A Review of the Jurisprudence of Death and Dying
