TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Therapeutic Dying
JO  - Hastings center report
A1  - Dugdale, L.S.
SP  - 5
EP  - 6
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
N2  - At face value, his question seemed sensible. We target cancer with chemotherapy and bone pain with narcotics. Why not also treat the "pathology" of dying? There exists precedent, after all, for the medicalization of less common human traits or conditions: shyness has become social anxiety disorder, and nocturnal leg jerking has become periodic limb movement disorder. We have developed therapies for these. It could follow that Mr. Roberts's dying might become a "life sustenance disorder" for which we could also prescribe therapy. © 2014 The Hastings Center.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-0334
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hast.379
ID  - ref1
ER  -