Death and Dignity

Making Choices and Taking Charge

Timothy E. Quill

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WW Norton & Co
08 January 2010

Ethical issues: euthanasia & right to die; Coping with death & bereavement

This book looks squarely at how patients can make crucial decisions and take charge of the end of their lives. This book is a resource for anyone who fears unnecessary suffering and excessive medical intervention at that point. It helps readers think through and then complete advance directives, and also to take a more active role when they or a family member becomes terminally ill. Through real-life stories and his own experience, Dr. Quill explores what measures a patient can choose to prolong life and how to forgo such measures if they begin to extend a painful death, choosing instead approaches such as comfort care which emphasize quality more than quantity of life. Finally, Dr. Quill speaks out on physician-assisted suicide and why he helped a long-term patient of his, stricken with leukemia, to take her life when her suffering became intolerable. He asks for regulation, rather than denial, knowing that many patients and doctors ofen face this question at times of crisis.

By: Timothy E. Quill
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 331g
ISBN: 9780393311402
ISBN 10: 0393311406
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 January 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Timothy E. Quill, M.D. is associate professor of medicine and psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Reviews for Death and Dignity: Making Choices and Taking Charge

"""This book, written from the heart, is compassionate and emphatic. It makes a compelling argument for legalizing physician-assisted suicide."" -- D. W. Molloy, M.D. - New England Journal of Medicine ""This is a work of enormous sensitivity, clarity, and caring... It is essential reading for all those wishing to remain in control of their lives to the end."" -- Mack Lipkin, Jr., M.D., president, American Academ ""Quill's article ... shocked the world ... and caused him a great deal of persecution. This book eloquently explains his action and his beliefs."" -- Ann Waldron - Washington Post ""Quill's perceptive, emphatic exploration will help readers to make informed decisions in tragic situations."" -- Publishers Weekly ""A bold approach to medicine."" -- Gary C. Rummier - Arizona Daily Star"