ABSTRACT

"Recommended for the provocative questions it raises concerning the effect on the patient of the structure of medical care, concerning the important decisions regarding policy facing the medical profession, the hospital administrator, and the public, and for the discussions of legal and economic dimensions which are frequently forgotten by personnel working directly with the patient." - Edmund C. Payne, Psychiatry in Medicine. The fourteen original articles in The Dying Patient examine the problems of dying and medical conduct from the perspectives of sociology, economics, medicine, and the law.

part One|62 pages

The Social Context of Dying

chapter 1|25 pages

When, Why, and Where People Die

chapter 2|12 pages

What People Think About Death

part Two|144 pages

How Doctors, Nurses, and Hospitals Cope with Death

part Three|94 pages

Termination of Life—Social, Ethical, Legal, and Economic Questions

chapter |23 pages

Conclusion

Dying and Its Dilemmas as a Field of Research

chapter |54 pages

Death and Dying

A Briefly Annotated Bibliography