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Examines the decision-making process for patients dying in hospitals and nursing homes. Discusses mediation, ethics committees, cultural and legal issues, economics, assisted suicide and consent

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"DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FOR DEALING WITH DEATH AND DYING

This research paper discusses the decision-making process involved with patients who are dying in hospitals, nursing homes and other extended care facilities, including the role of institutional review boards or ethics committees and mediation techniques. Although it has its pitfalls, mediation offers a promising alternative to other methods of decision-making in many such cases, especially those in which the patient is incompetent to decide for himself what, if any, further treatment he wants. The cultural and legal framework in which such decisions are often made in the United States militate against prompt and humane outcomes, but nonetheless clarify some of the legal and moral principles involved."

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