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Surgical Neurology, 1991 The changing attitude of some medical practitioners in certain countries condones the practice of euthanasia. This article examines the scope of attitudes toward life and death, suggesting moral and ethical considerations regarding euthanasia.
Benzel, Edward C.
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Good death? An exploration of newly qualified nurses’ understanding of good death
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2002 The dominant professional understanding of good death is death where symptoms are controlled, the inevitability of death has been accepted and preparations have been made leading to peace for all involved.
Jane B Hopkinson, Christine E Hallett
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Nursing, 2017
AbstractA good death is hard to find. Family members tell us that loved ones die in the wrong place—the hospital—and do not receive high‐quality care at the end of life. This issue of the Hastings Center Report offers two articles from authors who strive to provide good end‐of‐life care and to prevent needless suffering.
Tia, Powell, Adira, Hulkower
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AbstractA good death is hard to find. Family members tell us that loved ones die in the wrong place—the hospital—and do not receive high‐quality care at the end of life. This issue of the Hastings Center Report offers two articles from authors who strive to provide good end‐of‐life care and to prevent needless suffering.
Tia, Powell, Adira, Hulkower
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Intensive Care Medicine, 2006
We describe the cases of two patients discharged home directly from the ICU. Both patients had the strong wish to die at home after being told that there were no therapeutic options. Sometimes discharge is feasible and can mean very much for patients and their family.
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We describe the cases of two patients discharged home directly from the ICU. Both patients had the strong wish to die at home after being told that there were no therapeutic options. Sometimes discharge is feasible and can mean very much for patients and their family.
Beuks, BC +5 more
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Can there be a good death? [PDF]
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2012 While some deaths are worse than others, there is no such thing as a ‘good death’ since the plausible desiderata of a ‘good death’ form an inconsistent set.
Geoffrey Scarre
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Journal of Medical Humanities, 2008
Spirituality and storytelling can be resources in aging successfully and in dying well given the constraints of modern day Western culture. This paper explores the relationship of aging to time and the dynamic process of the life course and discusses issues related to confronting mortality, including suffering, finitude, spirituality, and spiritual ...
Schenck, David P., Roscoe, Lori A.
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Spirituality and storytelling can be resources in aging successfully and in dying well given the constraints of modern day Western culture. This paper explores the relationship of aging to time and the dynamic process of the life course and discusses issues related to confronting mortality, including suffering, finitude, spirituality, and spiritual ...
Schenck, David P., Roscoe, Lori A.
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The institutionalization of the good death
Social Science & Medicine, 1994There has been some recent concern in Britain and North America that the increasing institutionalization of hospice care may compromise the movement's founding ideals. The threats posed by the encroachment of mainstream medicine and the medical technological imperative to treat, are also a source of concern to hospice administrators and staff.
B, McNamara, C, Waddell, M, Colvin
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Nursing Older People, 2011
Definitions of a good death often include being at home. Dying at home may be optimal for the patient but could place a significant burden on families and leave them with traumatic memories. Death in hospital should not mean that it is a 'bad death'. How someone dies is more important than where they die and nurses should be taught to provide good end ...
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Definitions of a good death often include being at home. Dying at home may be optimal for the patient but could place a significant burden on families and leave them with traumatic memories. Death in hospital should not mean that it is a 'bad death'. How someone dies is more important than where they die and nurses should be taught to provide good end ...
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Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 2013
This narrative symposium examines the relationship of bioethics practice to personal experiences of illness. A call for stories was developed by Tod Chambers, the symposium editor, and editorial staff and was sent to several commonly used bioethics listservs and posted on the Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics website.
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This narrative symposium examines the relationship of bioethics practice to personal experiences of illness. A call for stories was developed by Tod Chambers, the symposium editor, and editorial staff and was sent to several commonly used bioethics listservs and posted on the Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics website.
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