The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity presents Dignity and dying : a Christian appraisal /
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Carlisle, U.K. : Grand Rapids, Mich. :
Paternoster Press ; W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,
1996.
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| Series: | Horizons in bioethics series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the experience of dying
- A Physician's experience / David L. Shiedermayer
- A Nurse's experience / Arlene B. Miller
- A Pastor's experience / Gregory L. Waybright
- Pt. 1. Guiding vision
- Autonomy and the right to die / Nigel M. de S. Cameron
- Death and dying / John T. Dunlop
- Suffering / Marsha D. M. Fowler
- Faithfulness in the face of death / Allen D. Verhey
- Pt. 2. Pressing challenges
- Forgoing treatment / John F. Kilner
- Medical futility / C. Christopher Hook.
- Definition of death / B. Holly Vautier
- Euthanasia and assisted suicide / Edmund D. Pellegrino
- Pt. 3. Particular settings
- Nazi Germany's euphemisms / C. Ben Mitchell
- Oregon's solution / Jerome R. Wernow
- North American law and public policy / Arthur J. Dyck
- The Netherlands experiment / Henk Jochemsen
- Pt. 4. Constructive alternatives
- Hospice care / Martha L. Twaddle
- Long-term care / James R. Thobaben
- Wise advocacy / James S. Reitman
- Parish nursing / Norma R. Small
- Congregational ministry / Dennis P. Hollinger.