Dying in the twenty-first century : toward a new ethical framework for the art of dying well / edited by Lydia S. Dugdale, MD.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

xii, 205 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dying, a lost art / Lydia S. Dugdale -- Finitude / Jeffrey P. Bishop -- Pluralism and the "good" death / Stephen R. Latham -- Hospice and palliative medicine's attempt at an art of dying / Farr A. Curlin -- Ritual and practice / M. Therese Lysaught -- Spiritual preparation / Michelle Harrington and Daniel P. Sulmasy -- The role of community / Autumn Alcot Ridenour and Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Children / John Lantos -- The elderly and dementia / Daniel Callahan -- AIDS, the modern plague / Peter A. Selwyn -- Conclusion : toward a new ethical framework for the art of dying well / Lydia S. Dugdale.