Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Cynthia B. Cohen
  • pt. 1. Making treatment decisions : the decisionmaking process. Whose decision? The case of Roy Gantos ; Commentary by Susan M. Wolf
  • A question of capacity : the case of Megan O'Rourke ; Commentary by Dan W. Brock
  • pt. 2. Specific treatment modalities. Communication problems : the case of Horace Berlin ; Commentary by Eric J. Cassell
  • Ethics or the law? The case of Susan Pagari ; Commentary by Harold Edgar
  • Pirate's beer : the case of Richard Fallon ; Commentary by Bruce Jennings
  • "But he never told me not to" : the case of Jim Adams ; Commentary by Eric J. Cassell
  • Was she ready to die? The case of grandmother Chang ; Commentary by Ruth Oratz
  • The patient as stranger : the case of Mr. Jaworski ; Commentary by David H. Miller
  • "I've lived long enough" : the case of Sarah Green ; Commentary by Paul Homer and Harry R. Moody
  • Life versus religious liberty : the case of Jamal Burke ; Commentary by Susan M. Wolf
  • Too sick to eat : the case of Joseph ; Commentary by Daniel Callahan
  • "No patient of mine will ever starve to death!" : the case of Mrs. Franklin ; Commentary by Lois K. Evans
  • Shadows from the Holocaust : the case of Rachel and David ; Commentary by Bruce Jennings
  • The old man's friend : the case of Carl Jurgen ; Commentary by Ellen Olson
  • Gambling on palliation : the case of Doris Van Cleve ; Commentary by Ruth Oratz
  • Morpheus or death : the case of Nicholas Miklovich ; Commentary by Joanne Lynn
  • pt. 3. Prospective planning : advance directives. Poetic license : the case of Theo ; Commentary by Cynthia B. Cohen
  • "Macho man" : the case of Antonio Ruiz ; Commentary by Michael C. Cantor
  • pt. 4. Declaring death. Crossing over : the case of Mrs. Larson ; Commentary by Ronald E. Cranford
  • The long dying : the case of "Flip" Harrow ; Commentary by Robert M. Veatch
  • pt. 5. Policy considerations. By what authority? The case of Mario Costanza ; Commentary by Cynthia B. Cohen
  • Too terrible to accept : the case of Maisie Wedmore ; Commentary by Ronald E. Cranford
  • No place else to go : the case of Ernest Brown ; Commentary by Joanne Lynn
  • Trapped in "the system" : the case of Sam Jones ; Commentary by Mathy Mezey
  • The costs of addiction : the case of Rita Anderson ; Commentary by Robert M. Veatch
  • When is patient care not costworthy? The case of Gertrude Handel ; Commentary by Dan W. Brock.