Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion /
Putnam, Constance E., 1943-
Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion / Constance E. Putnam ; foreword by Timothy E. Quill. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002. - xv, 209 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Matter of Death. 2. Origins of the Debate: Starting with Hippocrates -- Hospice -- Profile: Dame Cicely Saunders -- Hemlock -- Profile: Derek Humphry. 3. Whose Death Is It, Anyway? : Kinds of Rights -- The Right to Die -- Killing vs. Letting Die -- The Integrity of the Profession -- 4. Dealing with Death : Do-It-Yourself Help -- Profile: Jack Kevorkian -- Legal Help -- Profile: Herbert Cohen.
0897899210 (alk. paper)
2002070882
Hospice care.
Terminal care.
R726.8 / .P88 2002
362.1/756
Hospice or hemlock? : searching for heroic compassion / Constance E. Putnam ; foreword by Timothy E. Quill. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002. - xv, 209 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Matter of Death. 2. Origins of the Debate: Starting with Hippocrates -- Hospice -- Profile: Dame Cicely Saunders -- Hemlock -- Profile: Derek Humphry. 3. Whose Death Is It, Anyway? : Kinds of Rights -- The Right to Die -- Killing vs. Letting Die -- The Integrity of the Profession -- 4. Dealing with Death : Do-It-Yourself Help -- Profile: Jack Kevorkian -- Legal Help -- Profile: Herbert Cohen.
0897899210 (alk. paper)
2002070882
Hospice care.
Terminal care.
R726.8 / .P88 2002
362.1/756