Am Anfang des Buches steht ein ungewohnter Gedanke: Geburt und Tod haben viel gemeinsam, beides sind Ereignisse, für die die Natur bestimmte Programme vorgesehen hat. Sie laufen dann am besten ab, wenn sie möglichst wenig gestört werden. Palliativbetreuung und Sterbebegleitung, …
Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care. Translating that principle into methods of guiding care at the end of life, however, can be a complicated and daunting task. DIgnity therapy, a psychological intervention developed by Dr. …
More than four decades into the culture wars, Roe v. Wade has become shorthand for the American abortion debate. Rights to Privacy: The Forgotten Legacy of Roe v. Wade illuminates an entirely different and unexpected legacy of America's most controversial Supreme Court decision.…
Seven in ten Americans over the age of age of sixty who require medical decisions in the final days of their life lack the capacity to make them. For many of us, our biggest, life-and-death decisions - literally - will therefore be made by someone else. They will decide whether …
