For those who yearn for some measure of control over death "Final Acts," offers insight and hope. Writing in a style free of technical jargon, the contributors discuss documents that should be prepared (health proxy, do-not-resuscitate order, living will, power of attorney); decision-making (over medical interventions, life support, hospice and palliative care, aid-in-dying, treatment location, speaking for those who can no longer express their will); and the roles played by religion, custom, family, friends, caretakers, money, the medical establishment, and the government.
For those who yearn for some measure of control over death "Final Acts," offers insight and hope. Writing in a style free of technical jargon, the contributors discuss documents that should be prepared (health proxy, do-not-resuscitate order, living will, power of attorney); decision-making (over medical interventions, life support, hospice and palliative care, aid-in-dying, treatment location, speaking for those who can no longer express their will); and the roles played by religion, custom, family, friends, caretakers, money, the medical establishment, and the government.
Nan Bauer-Maglin was formerly a professor of English, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, and academic director of the CUNY Baccalaureate Program. She is the coeditor of "Bad Girls/Good Girls" Women, Sex, and Power in the Nineties (with Donna Perry), Women Confronting Retirement: A Nontraditional Guide, and Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women on the End of Their (Mostly) Long-Term Relationships (Rutgers University Press). Donna Perry, a professor of English, teaches literature, writing, and women's studies courses at William Paterson University. She is the editor of Backtalk: Women Writers Speak Out and coeditor (with Nan Bauer-Maglin) of "Bad Girls/Good Girls" Women, Sex, and Power in the Nineties (Rutgers University Press).
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Part I: Death and the Family Ruthann Robson Notes on My Dying June Bingham Live Better or Longer? Nancy Barnes "Life which is ours to know just once" Susan Perlstein Caregiving Beulah Sara M. Evans E-mails to Family and Friends Carol K. Oyster Whose Death Is It Anyway? Jean Levitan The Family Tree Mimi Schwartz Elegy for an Optimist Alan Pope Buddhist Reflections on Life and Death Mary Jumbelicm Death as My Colleague Part II: Perspectives on Death and Dying Stephen P. Kiernan The Transformation of Death in America Kathryn Temple Unintended Consequences Natalie R. Hannon The Ethics Committee Candace Cummins Gauthier Ethical Principles for End-of Life Decision Making Cherylynn MacGregor Life or Death Kathryn L. Tucker Empowering Patients at the End of Life Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart Dying Down Under Margaret Cruikshank Ageism As It Affects Late-Life Choices Ira Byock Physician-Assisted Suicide Marge Piercy End of days
Part I: Death and the Family Ruthann Robson Notes on My Dying June Bingham Live Better or Longer? Nancy Barnes "Life which is ours to know just once" Susan Perlstein Caregiving Beulah Sara M. Evans E-mails to Family and Friends Carol K. Oyster Whose Death Is It Anyway? Jean Levitan The Family Tree Mimi Schwartz Elegy for an Optimist Alan Pope Buddhist Reflections on Life and Death Mary Jumbelicm Death as My Colleague Part II: Perspectives on Death and Dying Stephen P. Kiernan The Transformation of Death in America Kathryn Temple Unintended Consequences Natalie R. Hannon The Ethics Committee Candace Cummins Gauthier Ethical Principles for End-of Life Decision Making Cherylynn MacGregor Life or Death Kathryn L. Tucker Empowering Patients at the End of Life Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart Dying Down Under Margaret Cruikshank Ageism As It Affects Late-Life Choices Ira Byock Physician-Assisted Suicide Marge Piercy End of days
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