Reviews and Notes: Final Passages: Positive Choices for the Dying and Their Loved Ones

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Literature of Medicine1 February 1994Reviews and Notes: Final Passages: Positive Choices for the Dying and Their Loved OnesArthur W. FeinbergArthur W. FeinbergNorth Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-120-3-199402010-00028 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Final Passages: Positive Choices for the Dying and Their Loved OnesJudith Ahronheim and Doron Weber. 285 pages. New York: Simon & Schuster; 1992. $18.00.Concurrent with the marked upsurge in the availability and sophistication of medical technology, public concentration on and discussion of the way Americans die has also increased. All aspects of the dying process are being scrutinized, and an active debate has started on such profound issues as the cost, both in dollars and resources, of providing medical care to the terminally ill, the use of machines to prolong the dying process, and the ethical issues involved ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 February 1994Volume 120, Issue 3Page: 252KeywordsAttentionEuthanasiaForecastingGeriatricsIntensive care unitsSuicide ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 1 February 1994 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1994 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...