The Emerging Ethics of Dying
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Authors
Masters, Diane Lea
Issue Date
1966
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Although
today it is true that Americans are living longer, it
is equally true that they are dying longer and this has created a whole new field of ethics and etiquette which
has only recently begun to receive the consideration which it
deserves. This paper is an attempt to illuminate one small
aspect of this emerging field: the problems surrounding the
dying and death of a mentally sound adult and the problems
and interactions this creates for his physician and family.
This focus eliminates many interesting and equally pressing
ethical problems; the death (or perhaps the life) of the senile old being just one obvious example. However, the management of the dying of the mentally sound can point out guidelines for other related aspects of this growing problem.
Description
iv, 33 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo College
License
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