A topic considered taboo since the Victorian Age - how we die - is now a subject of open discussion, theological pronouncement, ethical argument, and legislative debate. There are many opinions about choices offered and actions taken: morality; professional duty and responsibility; costs in money, time, and resources; and, the harsh realities of suffering, pain, and sorrow. These various factors influence our prejudices, expectations, and decisions about ourselves and those for whom we accept the final responsibility of care and, often, of decisions about living and dying. This book is a study of the ways persons experience serious and life-threatening illnesses, the types of suffering they experience, and ways we can understand their lives. Mermann describes a course at the Yale School of Medicine that uses patients as teachers for students, helping them learn the impact of disease upon the whole person. He covers suffering in body, mind, and spirit. This book also discusses the hopes and the means for a fully realised life for the professional health care provider through compassionate care of the sick.
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"...a reflection on the ways people react to serious illness, and the difficulties that physicians face in providing compassionate and knowledgeable care." -- Canadian Medical Association Journal, November 16, 1999
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Alan C. Mermann was ordained as a minister after decades as a physician. He is currently chaplain and clinical professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine. Mermann is a member of the Yale-New Haven Bioethics Committee, and a member of the Admissions Committee at Yale School of Medicine. His book SOME CHOSE TO STAY: FAITH AND ETHICS IN A TIME OF PLAGUE is published by Humanity Books.
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During this past decade, questions about how we die increased dramatically. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chemotherapy clinic, compassionate care, realized life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Academic Medicine, Henry David Thoreau, United States, New York, Hastings Center Report, Tavistock Publications, University of London New!
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- The Experience of Illness by Ray Fitzpatrick on page 102, page 119, and page 127
- The Meanings of Death (Canto original series) by John Bowker on page 114
- Devotions upon Emergent Occasions by John Donne on page 112
- Walden Pond (NE Landmarks) by Bonnie McGrath on page 102
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Hb by John Bartlett on page 128
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