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Death and dyingend-of-life controver...

Alters, Sandra.

Death and dyingend-of-life controversies /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Death and dyingSandra M. Alters.
Reminder of title:	end-of-life controversies /
Author:	Alters, Sandra.
Published:	Detroit, Mich. :Gale,2009.
Notes:	ISSN "1532-2726".
Notes:	"Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas."
Series:	Information Plus reference series
Subject:	Death.
Online resource:	Available for Taiwan Academic E-Books Consortium via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
ISBN:	9781414438153 (electronic book)

Death and dyingend-of-life controversies /
Alters, Sandra.

Death and dyingend-of-life controversies /[electronic resource] :Sandra M. Alters. - 2008 ed. - Detroit, Mich. :Gale,2009. - Information Plus reference series.

ISSN "1532-2726".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Death through the ages: a brief overview -- Redefining death -- The end of life: ethical considerations -- The end of life: medical considerations -- Seriously ill children -- Suicide, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide -- Advance directives -- Courts and the end of life -- The cost of health care -- Older adults -- Public opinion about life and death.

Examines how Americans deal with death, with a particular focus on the highly charged political and moral issues of living wills, life-sustaining treatments, end-of-life care funding, and physician assisted suicide.

Electronic reproduction.
Farmington Hills, Mi :
Gale.

Available via World Wide Web.

Original:

viii, 174 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Mode of access: Internet.

ISBN: 9781414438153 (electronic book)Subjects--Topical Terms:

178740
Death.

LC Class. No.: R726 / .D433 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 179.7

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