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Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints? 9(12)
Introduction 12(4)

At: What Point Can Treatment For Terminally Ill Patients Be Stopped?

Chapter Preface 16(1)

Treatment Should Be Stopped Once Higher-Brain Death Has Occurred 17(10)

William E. Phipps

Higher-Brain Death May Not Justify Stopping Treatment 27(9)

Jim Holt

Nutritional Life Support Can Be Withheld from the Terminally Ill 36(8)

Anne E. Fade

Nutritional Life Support Should Not Be Withheld from the Terminally Ill 44(12)

Nancy Harvey

Periodical Bibliography 53(2)

Do Individuals Have a Right to Die?

Chapter Preface 55(1)

The Constitution Protects the Right to Die 56(8)

Ronald Dworkin

Leonard John Deftos

The Constitution Does Not Protect the Right to Die 64(9)

Jeffrey Rosen

Physician-Assisted Death Should Be Legalized 73(7)

William H.A. Carr

Physician-Assisted Death Should Not Be Legalized 80(7)

Louis Vernacchio

Advance Directives Protect the Right to Die 87(4)

Laura Taxel

Advance Directives May Not Protect the Right to Live 91(8)

Burke Balch

Periodical Bibliography 96(2)

How Can People Cope with Death?

Chapter Preface 98(1)

Grief Should Be Shared Publicly 99(9)

Ellen Uzelac

Grief Need Not Be Shared Publicly 108(6)

Michael Ventura

Grief Follows a More or Less Predictable Pattern 114(9)

Nancy Wartik

Friends Can Help the Grieving Process 123(6)

Crystal Gromer

Funerals Should Celebrate the Life of the Deceased 129(8)

Michael Lewis

David S. Toolan

Funerals Should Help Survivors to Confront Death 137(12)

Thomas Lynch

Periodical Bibliography 146(2)

Is Death the End of Life?

Chapter Preface 148(1)

Near-Death Experiences Are Glimpses of the Afterlife 149(6)

Kimberly Clark Sharp

Guy Spiro

Near-Death Experiences May Not Be Glimpses of the Afterlife 155(8)

Douglas Groothuis

Near-Death Experiences Are Not Glimpses of an Afterlife 163(6)

Hayden Ebbern

Sean Mulligan

Barry L. Beyerstein

Cryonic Suspension Can Extend Life Beyond Death

Alcor Life Extension Foundation 169(4)

Cryonic Suspension Cannot Extend Life Beyond Death 173(5)

Phil Bagnall

Periodical Bibliography 177(1)
For Further Discussion 178(2)
Organization to Contact 180(4)
Bibliography of Books 184(2)
Index 186