Dying in the Twenty-First Century

Toward a New Ethical Framework for the Art of Dying Well

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Ethics
Cover of the book Dying in the Twenty-First Century by Jeffrey P. Bishop, Stephen R. Latham, Farr A. Curlin, M. Therese Lysaught, Michelle Harrington, Daniel Sulmasy, Autumn Alcott Ridenour, Lisa Sowle Cahill, John D. Lantos, Daniel Callahan, Peter A. Selwyn, Lydia S. Dugdale, MD, The MIT Press
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Author: Jeffrey P. Bishop, Stephen R. Latham, Farr A. Curlin, M. Therese Lysaught, Michelle Harrington, Daniel Sulmasy, Autumn Alcott Ridenour, Lisa Sowle Cahill, John D. Lantos, Daniel Callahan, Peter A. Selwyn, Lydia S. Dugdale, MD ISBN: 9780262328586
Publisher: The MIT Press Publication: May 29, 2015
Imprint: The MIT Press Language: English
Author: Jeffrey P. Bishop, Stephen R. Latham, Farr A. Curlin, M. Therese Lysaught, Michelle Harrington, Daniel Sulmasy, Autumn Alcott Ridenour, Lisa Sowle Cahill, John D. Lantos, Daniel Callahan, Peter A. Selwyn, Lydia S. Dugdale, MD
ISBN: 9780262328586
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication: May 29, 2015
Imprint: The MIT Press
Language: English

Physicians, philosophers, and theologians consider how to address death and dying for a diverse population in a secularized century.

Most of us are generally ill-equipped for dying. Today, we neither see death nor prepare for it. But this has not always been the case. In the early fifteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church published the Ars moriendi texts, which established prayers and practices for an art of dying. In the twenty-first century, physicians rely on procedures and protocols for the efficient management of hospitalized patients. How can we recapture an art of dying that can facilitate our dying well? In this book, physicians, philosophers, and theologians attempt to articulate a bioethical framework for dying well in a secularized, diverse society.

Contributors discuss such topics as the acceptance of human finitude; the role of hospice and palliative medicine; spiritual preparation for death; and the relationship between community, and individual autonomy. They also consider special cases, including children, elderly patients with dementia, and death in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when doctors could do little more than accompany their patients in humble solidarity.

These chapters make the case for a robust bioethics—one that could foster both the contemplation of finitude and the cultivation of community that would be necessary for a contemporary art of dying well.

Contributors
Jeffrey P. Bishop, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Daniel Callahan, Farr A. Curlin, Lydia S. Dugdale, Michelle Harrington, John Lantos, Stephen R. Latham, M. Therese Lysaught, Autumn Alcott Ridenour, Peter A. Selwyn, Daniel Sulmasy

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Physicians, philosophers, and theologians consider how to address death and dying for a diverse population in a secularized century.

Most of us are generally ill-equipped for dying. Today, we neither see death nor prepare for it. But this has not always been the case. In the early fifteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church published the Ars moriendi texts, which established prayers and practices for an art of dying. In the twenty-first century, physicians rely on procedures and protocols for the efficient management of hospitalized patients. How can we recapture an art of dying that can facilitate our dying well? In this book, physicians, philosophers, and theologians attempt to articulate a bioethical framework for dying well in a secularized, diverse society.

Contributors discuss such topics as the acceptance of human finitude; the role of hospice and palliative medicine; spiritual preparation for death; and the relationship between community, and individual autonomy. They also consider special cases, including children, elderly patients with dementia, and death in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when doctors could do little more than accompany their patients in humble solidarity.

These chapters make the case for a robust bioethics—one that could foster both the contemplation of finitude and the cultivation of community that would be necessary for a contemporary art of dying well.

Contributors
Jeffrey P. Bishop, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Daniel Callahan, Farr A. Curlin, Lydia S. Dugdale, Michelle Harrington, John Lantos, Stephen R. Latham, M. Therese Lysaught, Autumn Alcott Ridenour, Peter A. Selwyn, Daniel Sulmasy

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