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Tables of Contents for Death & Dying
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
9
12
Introduction
12
4
At: What Point Can Treatment For Terminally Ill Patients Be Stopped?
Chapter Preface
16
1
Treatment Should Be Stopped Once Higher-Brain Death Has Occurred
17
10
William E. Phipps
Higher-Brain Death May Not Justify Stopping Treatment
27
9
Jim Holt
Nutritional Life Support Can Be Withheld from the Terminally Ill
36
8
Anne E. Fade
Nutritional Life Support Should Not Be Withheld from the Terminally Ill
44
12
Nancy Harvey
Periodical Bibliography
53
2
Do Individuals Have a Right to Die?
Chapter Preface
55
1
The Constitution Protects the Right to Die
56
8
Ronald Dworkin
Leonard John Deftos
The Constitution Does Not Protect the Right to Die
64
9
Jeffrey Rosen
Physician-Assisted Death Should Be Legalized
73
7
William H.A. Carr
Physician-Assisted Death Should Not Be Legalized
80
7
Louis Vernacchio
Advance Directives Protect the Right to Die
87
4
Laura Taxel
Advance Directives May Not Protect the Right to Live
91
8
Burke Balch
Periodical Bibliography
96
2
How Can People Cope with Death?
Chapter Preface
98
1
Grief Should Be Shared Publicly
99
9
Ellen Uzelac
Grief Need Not Be Shared Publicly
108
6
Michael Ventura
Grief Follows a More or Less Predictable Pattern
114
9
Nancy Wartik
Friends Can Help the Grieving Process
123
6
Crystal Gromer
Funerals Should Celebrate the Life of the Deceased
129
8
Michael Lewis
David S. Toolan
Funerals Should Help Survivors to Confront Death
137
12
Thomas Lynch
Periodical Bibliography
146
2
Is Death the End of Life?
Chapter Preface
148
1
Near-Death Experiences Are Glimpses of the Afterlife
149
6
Kimberly Clark Sharp
Guy Spiro
Near-Death Experiences May Not Be Glimpses of the Afterlife
155
8
Douglas Groothuis
Near-Death Experiences Are Not Glimpses of an Afterlife
163
6
Hayden Ebbern
Sean Mulligan
Barry L. Beyerstein
Cryonic Suspension Can Extend Life Beyond Death
Alcor Life Extension Foundation
169
4
Cryonic Suspension Cannot Extend Life Beyond Death
173
5
Phil Bagnall
Periodical Bibliography
177
1
For Further Discussion
178
2
Organization to Contact
180
4
Bibliography of Books
184
2
Index
186