Integrity and Personhood: Looking at Patients from a Bio/Psycho/Social Perspective (Electronic book text)

While much about life is biologically determined, much else is determined by the social circumstances surrounding it. Little energy is spent dealing with the social and psychological factors within which the medical/biological factors are imbedded.; This volume examines some of the medical, social and psychological conditions which affect the way we die. Topics covered include attitudes toward death; suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia; hospice and pain management.