Material on end-of-life decision making and protecting patient dignity
End-of-Life Planning with Alzheimer's Disease
- A right or a wrong?
Is assisted suicide right or wrong? The issue is looked at through many perspectives and arguments.
- Medical Perspectives on Death and Dying
Several states have begun to consider legislation that would legalize active voluntary euthanasia.
- Ethical challenges for caregivers
Most discussions of ethics at the end of life consider the difficult medical decisions that have to be made, who makes them, and who pays for their consequences. But these painful dilemmas do not occur in a vacuum.
A bibliography on legal, ethical, and medical aspects of end-of-life decisions.
- Policy Recommendations
Analysis of problems confronting public guardians making end-of-life care decisions.
A talk on the ethics of end-of-life decision making.
The role of financial burden in ethical decision making.