Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Personal Stories
6. Notes on My Dying 19
7. Live Longer or Live Better? 29
8. “Life which is ours to know just once” 33
9. Caregiving Beulah: A Relentless Challenge 55
10. E-mails to Family and Friends: Claude and Maxilla—Declining Gently 67
11. Whose Death Is It, Anyway? 91
12. The Family Tree 111
13. Elegy for an Optimist 123
14. Buddhist Reflections on Life and Death: A Personal Memoir 126
15. Death as My Colleague 139
16. Part Two. Perspectives
17. The Transformation of Death in America 163
18. Unintended Consequences: Hospice, Hospitals, and the Not-So-Good Death 183
19. The Hospital Ethics Committee: Solving Medical Dilemmas 204
20. Ethical Principles for End-of-Life Decision Making 220
21. Life or Death: Who Gets to Choose? 238
22. Empowering Patients at the End of Life: Law, Advocacy, Policy 252
23. Dying Down Under: From Law Reform to the Peaceful Pill 268
24. Ageism and Late-Life Choices 288
25. Physician-Assisted Suicide: Why Both Sides Are Wrong 301
26. End of days 312
27. About the Editors and Contributors 315
28. Index 321