Fundamentals -- Beginning-of-life issues -- Reproductive technologies -- Contraception, sterilization, and natural family planning -- End-of-life issues -- Cooperation with evil -- Respect for the body -- The ten commandments for health care professionals and patients.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 130, S. 1-102
ISSN: 0002-7162
Contents: The role of the life insurance company in health conservation programs, by L. K. Frankel; Co-operation between life insurance and trust companies, by E. A. Woods; Insurance of substandard lives, by Robert Henderson; Investment tendencies of life insurance companies, F. H. Ecker; Group life insurance, by W. J. Graham; Life insurance as an aid to education and philanthropy, by J. A. Stevenson; The modern life underwriter, by J. M. Holcombe, jr; Non-medical life insurance, by H. F. Larkin; Salary savings insurance, by R. L. Place; Inspection reports on persons as a factor in life insurance, by J. A. Fitzgerald; Beneficiary provisions under modern life insurance policies, by L. E. Thompson; Fraternal life insurance, by C. K. Knight.
Framing the issue -- Wisdom begins with the word -- A detailed look at organ-supporting measures -- Resuscitation for cardiac arrest -- Introduction to the intensive care -- Mechanical ventilation -- Cardiovascular support : vasopressors, inotropes, and lines -- Artificially-administered nutrition -- Dialysis -- Brain injury -- Discernment at life's end -- Comfort measures and hospice -- Physician assisted suicide -- Advance care planning -- Being a voice : surrogate decision making