7. DEATH & THE RIGHT-TO-DIE
BOOK REVIEWS
A. Death
Bibliography
B. Preparing
for Death
C. Best
Books on Terminal Care (from the Doctor's Point of View)
D. Books
on Hospice Care
E. Terminal
Medical Care from the Consumer's Point of View
F. Advance
Directives for Medical Care—The
Best Books
G. The
Right-to-Die—Best
Books
H. Books
Opposing the Right-to-Die
I. Books
on Life-Ending Decisions
J. Safeguards
for Life-Ending Decisions—Best
Books
K. Definitions
of Death
L. Books
on Voluntary Death
M. First
Books on Voluntary Death by Dehydration
N. Medical
Methods of Managing Dying
O. Books
on Helping Patients to Die
P. Suicide
Q. Books Describing Merciful Deaths
R. Is
There Life After Death?—Best
Books
SAFEGUARDS
FOR LIFE-ENDING DECISIONS
SAFEGUARD
A Advance
Directive
for Medical Care
SAFEGUARD B Requests
for
Death from the Patient
SAFEGUARD C Psychological
Consultant Evaluates the Patient's
Ability to Make Medical Decisions
SAFEGUARD D Physician's
Statement of Condition and Prognosis
SAFEGUARD E Independent
Physician Reviews the Condition and
Prognosis
SAFEGUARD F Certification
of Terminal Illness or Incurable
Condition
SAFEGUARD G Unbearable
Suffering
SAFEGUARD H Unbearable
Psychological Suffering
SAFEGUARD I Palliative
Care
Trial
SAFEGUARD J Informed
Consent from the Patient
SAFEGUARD K Requests
for
Death from the Proxies
SAFEGUARD L Enrollment
in a
Hospital or Hospice
SAFEGUARD M Statements
from
Hospital or Hospice Staff Members
SAFEGUARD N Statements
from
Family Members Affirming or
Questioning Choosing Death
SAFEGUARD O A
Member of the
Clergy Approves or Questions Choosing
Death
SAFEGUARD P Religious
or
other Moral Principles Applied to this
Life-Ending Decision
SAFEGUARD Q An
Institutional Ethics Committee Reviews the Plans
for Death
SAFEGUARD R Statements
from
Advocates for Disadvantaged Groups
If
Invited by the Patient and/or the Proxies
SAFEGUARD S Review
by the
Prosecutor (or other Lawyer) Before the Death Takes Place
SAFEGUARD T Civil
and
Criminal Penalties for Causing Premature Death
SAFEGUARD U Waiting
Periods
For Reflection
SAFEGUARD V Opportunities
for the Patient to Rescind or Postpone the
Life-Ending Decision
SAFEGUARD W Physicians
Review the Complete Death-Planning Records
SAFEGUARD X Complete
Recording and Sharing of All Material Facts
and Opinions
SAFEGUARD Y The
Patient
Must Be Conscious and Able to Achieve
Death
SAFEGUARD Z The
Death-Planning Coordinator Organizes the
Safeguards
SAFEGUARD AA Information
about
Palliative Care and other Alternatives to Death
SAFEGUARD BB Notify
Family of
Life-Ending Decision
SAFEGUARD CC Family
Members
Discuss the Level of Personhood in the Patient
SAFEGUARD DD The
Patient
Must be an Adult Resident of the State
SAFEGUARD EE Physician
Agrees
to Provide Life-Ending Chemicals
SAFEGUARD FF Specifically-Licensed
Terminal-Care Physician
Agrees
to
Provide Life-Ending Chemicals
SAFEGUARD
GG Judicial
Consent
Brittany
Maynard: Safeguards for Life-Ending Decisions
THE RIGHT-TO-DIE—OPINION
ARTICLES
Should
Minnesota Clarify End-of-Life Choices?
Do
We Need a New Method of Dying?
Right-to-Die
Hospice
Five
Medical
Methods of Managing Dying
Replacing
Laws against 'Assisting Suicide'
CHOOSING DEATH WISELY—ON-LINE
ESSAYS
The One-Month-Less Club:
Live
Well Now, Omit the Last Month
Choosing
Your Date of Death:
How to Achieve a Timely Death
—Not
too Soon, Not too Late
Choosing
Your Own Pathway towards Death
Completed
Life or Premature Death?
One
Million Chosen Deaths per Year?
Safeguards
for Making Life-Ending Decisions for Children
Life-Ending
Decisions for Alzheimer's Patients
Taking
Death in Strive: Practical Planning
Will
this Death be an "Irrational Suicide" or a "Voluntary Death"?
Will
this Death be a "Mercy-Killing" or a "Merciful Death"?
The
Number of People Reviewing a Life-Ending Decision
Using
the 26 Recommended Safeguards
God
Will Decide When Life Will End:
We Should Not 'Play God'
MEDICAL
METHODS OF MANAGING DYING
Four
Medical Methods of Managing Dying
Death
Certificates:
Adding Medical Methods of Managing Dying
Methods
of Managing Dying in a Right-to-Die Hospice
Pulling
the Plug:
A Paradigm for Life-Ending Decisions
Life-Ending
Decisions for Alzheimer's Patients
Do
I Lose the Right-to-Die When I Lose Consciousness?
Voluntary
Death by Dehydration:
Questions & Answers
VDD:
Why Giving Up Water is Better than other Means of Voluntary Death
Voluntary
Death by Dehydration:
Safeguards to Make Sure it is a Wise Choice
Increasing
Pain-Medication:
Easing the Passage into Death
Terminal
Sedation: Dying in Your Sleep—Guaranteed
Gentle
Poison: The Demand for Quick Death
PLANNING
FOR THE END OF LIFE—WRITTEN
DOCUMENTS
Advance
Directives for Medical Care:
24
Important Questions to Answer
Terri
Schiavo: How to Avoid Her Fate
Problems
with Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders (DNR)
Problems
with Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
End-of-Life
Medical Orders (ELMO)
SAFEGUARDS
TO INCLUDE IN NEW RIGHT-TO-DIE LAWS
SAFEGUARDS
AS FOUND IN VARIOUS LAWS AND PROPOSED LAWS
Putting
the Right-to-Die into Health-Care Laws and Regulations
Safeguards
for Life-Ending Decisions—Portal
Safeguards
Embraced by the Right-to-Die Movement
Safeguards
Embraced by Critics of the Right-to-Die
Right-to-Die
Portal
14
Possible Abuses of the 'Right-to-Die'
A
New Way to Secure the Right-to-Die:
Laws Against Causing Premature Death
Two
Approaches to Right-to-Die Laws:
Granting Permission and Banning Harms
Interpreting
Laws Against 'Assisting Suicide'
FACEBOOK
GROUPS
Advance
Directives for Medical Care
Safeguards
for Life-Ending Decisions
Right-to-Die:
Pro & Con
Medical
Ethics at the End-of-Life
Right-to-Die
Hospice
Exploring
the Right-to-Die
CLASSES
Planning
for Death:
Creating Our Own Advance Directives for Medical Care
Right-to-Die
Discussion Series
Dialogs
on Death
BOOKS
BY JAMES LEONARD PARK
How
to Die:
Safeguards for Life-Ending Decisions
Right-to-Die
Hospice
Choosing
Death Wisely:
Notes from the Edge of the Right-to-Die
Your
Last Year:
Creating Your Own Advance Directive for Medical Care
Medical
Ethics at the End of Life
Creating
New Right-to-Die Laws
When
Is a Person?
Pre-Persons & Former Persons
Ten
Safeguards for Life-Ending Decisions
An
Existential Understanding of Death:
A Phenomenology of Ontological Anxiety
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