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Index
Preface To Exercise Personal Choice, Must We Change Our Laws?.................................. 1 Explaining the “Book-Within-a-Book” and Some Conventions.........................4 Prologue From Murder/Suicide to Peaceful Transitions................................................ A Strategy to Attain Your End-of-Life Goals: Whether you Want Technology to Maintain Your Life, or Y How Can You Transcend the Tendency to Avoid End-of-Life Planning? ...........13 Disclaimers......................................................................................... A Bonus............................................................................................. Who Will Find This Book Useful...................................................................... Planning for the Last Chapter of Life............................................................... Your Living Will May Fail, Your Proxy Might Let You Down, and Those With Power May Sabotage Your Las Avoid Quick and Simple Forms, to Prevent Years of Possible Suffering and Litigation................ Would Signing a Living Will and Designating a Proxy Have Prevented Litigation Over the Fate of Terri The Other Side: “To Delay” is “To Deny”............................................................. How to Define “Hoping for Your Best” When You Face Challenging End-of-Life Decisions................ Challenging Topics This Book Covers................................................................. Why You Want to Stay Out of Court, and How............................................... 43 The Courts Can Set Legal Precedents—Years Before Clinicians Reach a Consensus of Opinion............ General Questions .................................................................................. A. Why Do You Call These “in-Frequently Asked Questions” (i-FAQs)?...........57 B. Who Should Read the Answers to These “i-FAQs”? .......................................58 C. What was Your Motivation to Write These i-FAQs? ......................................59 How to Bring About Change..........................................................................6 D. How is Voluntary Refusal of Food & Fluid Different From Refusing Other Life-Sustaining Treatments E. What Actions Might I Consider After I Read These i-FAQs?.......................... 79 Questions on Medical Aspects........................................................................ 1. What is Meant by Voluntary Refusal of Food & Fluid? and, What is its Purpose?................... 2. Why do You Use the Word “Fluid” Instead of “Water”? and, What About Tube Feeding?............... 3. Must I Stop Drinking as Well as Eating? and, What About My Medications?.......................... 4. How Long Does the Process Take? and, How Does This Time Compare to Other Options?................ 5. How Does One Die After Refusing Food & Fluid?..................................... 94 6. Is Voluntary Refusal of Food & Fluid Uncomfortable?.......................... 97 Comfort Care for Patients Who Refuse Food & Fluid.................................. 102 7. What Medications Can Effectively Relieve Discomfort But Require Minimal Fluid?.................. 8. What if I Change My Mind? and, How do I Resume Intake of Food & Fluid?.......................... 9. For What Types of Patients is Voluntary Refusal of Food & Fluid NOT the Best Choice?............. Questions on Religion Versus Science........................................................... 117 10. How Do Religions View the Morality of Voluntarily Refusing Food & Fluid? and, What About Fastin The Views of Judaism ............................................................................... Advance Directives for Conservative Jews: Two Options.................................. 121 Conclusions Possibly Relevant to Many Religions............................................ 123 The Views of Traditional Catholicism................................................................ The Recent Views of Catholicism..................................................................... The Views of the Religion of Islam ................................................................. The Views of Baptists............................................................................... The Views of Mormons................................................................................ The Views of the United Methodist Church...................................................... 132 The Views of Buddhists.............................................................................. The Views of Unitarian Universalists................................................................ The Views of Hinduism............................................................................... The Views of Jainism................................................................................
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