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Series Foreword ix
Preface xi
1 Introduction: Issues at the End of Life 1
Robert H. Blank
2 Ethical Questions Related to End-of-Life Decisions: The Brazilian
Reality 13
Leo Pessini
3 End-of-Life Care in China: A View from Beijing 33
Li Yiting, Ole Doring, Liu Fang, Fu Li, and Su Baoqi
4 End-of-Life Decision Making in Germany 61
Alfred Simon
5 End-of-Life Decision Making in India 79
Sunil K. Pandya
6 End-of-Life Decision Making in Israel 97
Tali Amidror and Frank J. Leavitt
7 End-of-Life Care in Japan 109
Darryl Macer
8 End-of-Life Decision Making in Kenya 131
Angela Wasunna
9 End-of-Life Decision Making in the Netherlands 147
Henk ten Have
10 End-of-Life Decision Making in Taiwan 169
Tai-Yuan Chiu
11 End-of-Life Decision Making in Turkey 183
Sahin Aksoy
12 Death Policy in the United Kingdom 197
Richard Ashcroft
13 Death and Dying: The American Experience 219
Janna C. Merrick
14 Summary: The State of End-of-Life Policy 243
Robert H. Blank
Contributors 255
Index 257
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Terminal care Cross-cultural studies, Palliative treatment Cross-cultural studies, Medical policy Cross-cultural studies, Death Cross-cultural studies