EndofLife Care

This concise textbook on end-of-life care spans a broad umbrella across the final phase of life, highlighting ethical, philosophical, psychological, spiritual, and legal aspects of dying. The distinguished team of authors introduces the topics of dying, death, and end-of-life care, addresses philosophical and existential issues at the end of life and in the face of dying and death, describes the psychological challenges in end-of-life care, and discusses ethical issues at the end of life on the topics of treatment termination, forms of euthanasia, palliative sedation, and voluntary abstention from food, as well as economic aspects. It highlights legal aspects ranging from consent and judgment, living wills, and euthanasia to assisted suicide, and emphasizes spiritual and religious aspects in end-of-life care.