Ethical dilemmas at the end of life / edited by Kenneth J. Doka, Bruce Jennings, and Charles Corr ; foreword by Jack D. Gordon.

Washington, D.C. : Hospice Foundation of America, [2005], ©2005.

viii, 357 pages ; 23 cm.

Philosophical principles of ethical judgments / James L. Werth -- Religious, spiritual, and ideological perspectives on ethics at the end of life / Cynthia B. Cohen -- Cultural and religious views on nonbeneficial treatment / Noel Tiano, ElizaBeth Beyer -- Ethics, end-of-life care, and the law: overview / Alan Meisel, Bruce Jennings -- How Americans want to die: grassroots values and cultural diversity / Bruce Jennings -- Autonomy, consent, and advance directives / William M. Lamers -- Initiating, facilitating, and honoring conversations about future medical care / Bernard J. Hammes, Linda A. Briggs -- When families disagree: family conflict and decisions / Samira K. Beckwith -- Ethical dilemmas in surrogate decision making / Bruce Jennings -- Rational suicide in terminal illness: the ethics of intervention and assistance / Thomas Attig -- Ethical dilemmas in hospice care / Richard Fife -- Life cut short: when children die / Craig M. Klugman -- Living and dying in nursing homes / Sandra Johnson -- Organ donation: ethical issues and issues of loss and grief / Charles A. Corr -- Ethics of excess and deprivation: implications for end-of-life care / Larry R. Churchill -- Ethics, end-of-life decisions, and grief / Kenneth J. Doka -- Emerging ethical issues in the 21st century / Robert Kastenbaum -- Resources / Lisa McGahey Veglahn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.