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A Practical Approach to the Family That Expects a Miracle American College of CHEST Physicians
Abstract:  When a patient is extremely ill and/or dying, and the family expects a miraculous recovery, this situation...
Advance Care Planning: Role of the Primary Care Physician
Ethical Issues in Hydration and Nutrition
This article, written by Neil Macdonald, is from the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care.  This...
Government-Scripted Consent: When Medical Ethics and Law Collide The Hasting Center Report
In the September-October 2009 issue of the Hastings Center Report, Howard Minkoff and Mary Faith Marshall address the...
Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation The New York Times
This is an interesting article on terminal sedation (part of a series) that was featured on the front page of the New York...
Improving End of Life Care: Why Has It Been So Difficult? The Hastings Center: Special Report
This report contains 10 essays that present a synoptic overview of the most important developments in end-of-life decision...
Terminally Ill and Suicide The BBC
Joan Bakewell discusses the real-life case of Mary, a terminally-ill woman in her 80s. She has considered her condition and...
Toward a Meaningful Alternative Medicine The Hasting Center Report
Abstract:  At a time when medicine is increasingly pulled toward both evidence-based and alternative medicine, a number...
“Love Your Neighbor Like Yourself”: A Jewish Ethical Approach to the Use of Pain Medication with Potentially Dangerous Side Effects Journal of Palliative Medicine
Abstract:  Palliation of pain is universally regarded as a cardinal aspect of end-of-life care. In the early days of...