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Time to go : three plays on death and dying, with commentary on end-of-life issues /

This unusual book presents three prize-winning one-act plays on the hard choices that patients, their families, and their physicians often face at the end of life. The purpose of the volume is to increase awareness and knowledge about advance directives and, beyond that, to facilitate discussion abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hawkins, Anne Hunsaker, 1944- (Editor), Ballard, James O. (Editor), Blaisdell, Theodore (Editor), Barta, Berry L., Spence, Marjorie Ellen, McClelland, C. E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1995.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This unusual book presents three prize-winning one-act plays on the hard choices that patients, their families, and their physicians often face at the end of life. The purpose of the volume is to increase awareness and knowledge about advance directives and, beyond that, to facilitate discussion about the many complicated issues surrounding death and dying today. Each play is followed by critical commentary. The introduction provides lucid and succinct explanation of the human, ethical, and legal contexts for the rights of patients in the United States. The volume includes appendices providing values history and living will declarations, durable power of attorney statements, and resource information.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 118 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0585126836
9780585126838
1512816787
9781512816785