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x, 256 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 24 cm. 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. edited by John F. Kilner, Arlene B. Miller, and Edmund D. Pellegrino. Includes bibliographical references and index. Death Religious aspects Christianity Terminal care Religious aspects Christianity Church work with the terminally ill BT825 .C45 1996 241/.697 0853647569 (Paternoster : alk. paper) 0802842321 (Eerdmans : alk. paper) 96002784 DLC 960418 20140903162413.0 1632912