The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity presents Dignity and dying :

The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity presents Dignity and dying : a Christian appraisal / Dignity and dying edited by John F. Kilner, Arlene B. Miller, and Edmund D. Pellegrino. - [Carlisle, U.K.] : Grand Rapids, Mich. : Paternoster Press ; W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [1996] - x, 256 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 24 cm. - Horizons in bioethics series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 --
Part I. 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 --
Part II. 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 --
Part III. 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 --
Part IV. 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.

0853647569 (Paternoster : alk. paper) 0802842321 (Eerdmans : alk. paper)

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Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Terminal care--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Church work with the terminally ill.

BT825 / .C45 1996

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