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BL
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1042361
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b796731
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| Main Entry
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Hester, D. Micah.
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| Title & Author
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End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making : : a Bioethical Perspective.
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| Publication Statement
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Leiden :: Cambridge University Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (200 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511657307
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: 0511805888
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: 0521113806
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: 0521130735
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: 9780511657306
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: 9780511805882
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: 9780521113809
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: 9780521130738
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Crito Revisited; 2 Blindness, Narrative, and Meaning: Moral Living; 3 Radical Experience and Tragic Duty: Moral Dying; 4 Needing Assistance to Die Well: PAS and Beyond; 5 Experiencing Lost Voices: Dying without Capacity; 6 Dying Young: What Interests Do Children Have?; 7 Caring for Patients: Cure, Palliation, Comfort, and Aid in the Process of Dying; Works Cited; Index.
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| Abstract
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Provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death.
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Terminal care-- Decision making.
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Terminal care-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Terminal care-- Decision making.
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Terminal care-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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179.7
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R726.8.H475 2010
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