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Author: Jecker, Nancy S. and Schneiderman, Lawrence J.
Subjects: *YOUTH & death, *BEREAVEMENT
Abstract: Discusses the ethical considerations of the differential responses among people over the death of younger and an older persons. Relatively greater sorrow over the death of younger persons; Comparison of the contemporary attitudes with those of the ancient Greece; Implications of the attitudes on the timing of eath on health care decisions.
Published: 1994
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Author: Jecker, Nancy S. and Binstock, Robert H.
Subjects: EROSION of Autonomy in Long-Term Care, The (Book)
Abstract: Reviews the book `The Erosion of Autonomy in Long-Term Care,' by Charles W. Lidz et al.
Published: 1993
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Author: Jecker, Nancy S. and Binstock, Robert H.
Subjects: DEPENDENT Elderly, The (Book)
Abstract: Reviews the books `The Dependent Elderly: Autonomy, Justice and Quality of Care,' edited by Luke Gormally.
Published: 1993
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Author: Jecker, Nancy S. and Binstock, Robert H.
Subjects: ETHICS in Community-Based Elder Care (Book), MITZEN, Phyllis, MORAL Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, The (Book), POST, Stephen
Abstract: Reviews two books on ethics in elder care. 'Ethics in Community-Based Elder Care,' edited by Martha B. Holstein and Phyllis B. Mitzen; 'The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues From Diagnosis to Dying,' 2nd edition, by Stephen G. Post.
Published: 2002

Author: Jecker, Nancy S. and Binstock, Robert H.
Subjects: BRINGING the Hospital Home (Book), MORAL Challenge of Alzheimer Disease, The (Book)
Abstract: Reviews the books `Bringing the Hospital Home: Ethical and Social Implications of High-Tech Home Care,' edited by John D. Arras and `The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease,' by Stephen G. Post.
Published: 1996

Author: Jecker, Nancy S.
Subjects: *ETHICS
Abstract: Presents reviews on three books addressing the ethical decisions at the end of life throught different disciplinary frameworks. `Ethics and the Elderly,' by Mark R. Wicclair; `Deathright: Culture, Medicine, and the Right to Die,' by James M. Hoefler with Brian E. Kamoie; `How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter,' by Sherwin B. Nuland and Alfred A. Knopf. Discussion of the books' contents.
Published: 1994

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