Study & Research Terminal Illness

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Introduction

Chapter 1: How Can Care of the Terminally Ill Be Improved?

Chapter Preface

Hospice Care Benefits the Terminally Ill

Hospice Care May Not Benefit the Terminally Ill

Dying at Home Benefits the Terminally Ill

Home Caregivers’ Needs Should Be Respected

Patients Should Be Given Better Treatments for Pain

Patients Should Be Given More Control over Their Deaths

Periodical Bibliography

Chapter 2: How Should the Physical and Emotional Pain of Terminal Illness Be Addressed?

Chapter Preface

The Medical Community Should Emphasize Pain Treatment over Euthanasia

Effective Pain Treatment Should Not Rule Out Euthanasia

Suffering Should Not Be Evaded

Marijuana Should Be Legalized for Seriously Ill and Terminally Ill Patients

Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized for Seriously Ill and Terminally Ill Patients

Terminally Ill People Should Plan for the End of Life

Dying Should Be Seen as a Time of Growth

Periodical Bibliography

Chapter 3: Should Physicians Be Permitted to Hasten the Deaths of Terminally Ill Patients?

Chapter Preface

Withdrawing Life Support Is Acceptable

Acceptance of the Withdrawal of Life Support Could Lead to the Acceptance of Euthanasia

Physicians Should Not Be Allowed to Prescribe Lethal Doses to Terminally Ill Patients

Potentially Lethal Drugs Are Necessary to Control the Pain Associated with Terminal Illness

Euthanasia Is Morally Permissible

Physicians Should Not Be Allowed to Participate in Euthanasia

Periodical Bibliography

Chapter 4: Do the Terminally Ill Have the Right to Die?

Chapter Preface

The Terminally Ill Should Have Access to Assisted Suicide

The Terminally Ill Should Not Have Access to Assisted Suicide

Advance Directives Protect the Right to Die

Living Wills Do Not Protect the Right to Live

The Terminally Ill May Have a Duty to Die

The Terminally Ill Should Not Be Pressured to Die

Periodical Bibliography

For Further Discussion

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Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Organizations to Contact

Bibliography of Books

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Study & Research Terminal Illness

This Study Guide consists of approximately 193 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Terminal Illness.