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A&A Publishers: Hard Choices for Loving People URL: http://www.hardchoices.com/ Description: This site features the full text of the book "Hard Choices for Loving People." Written by a nursing home and hospice chaplain, the book discusses the difficult decisions patients and caregivers face when dealing with terminal illness and the end of life. Covers cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), dialysis, feeding, use of respirators, pain relief, and hospice care, with the intent of helping people make informed choices. Also includes excerpts from a related book. Author: Dunn, Hank Library of Congress Subject Headings: Artificial feeding Do-not-resuscitate orders Medical ethics Palliative treatment Terminal care LII Database Information: Record 5895 created by Barbara Bibel on 02/14/2004 Last modification on 06/15/2007 Published: 02/14/2004 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5895 |