Prof. Wolf Publishes New Book on End-of-Life Care

Oxford University Press published a new book by Nancy Berlinger, Bruce Jennings, and Professor Susan Wolf on termination of life-sustaining treatment and care of the dying. This book is the result of a five-year process involving experts from across the country to revise and substantially expand The Hastings Center's groundbreaking guidelines on end-of-life care first published in 1987. Wolf served as principal author of those guidelines, used and cited widely, including by Justice O'Connor in the U.S. Supreme Court's Cruzan decision. The new guidelines fully revise and update the book, to address death and dying in an era of health care reform. The book now considers end-of life care for children, the role of disability, advances in palliative care, plus debates over assisted suicide and euthanasia. For more on The Hastings Center Guidelines for Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care Near the End of Life, 2d ed. (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2013), visit www.hastingscenterguidelines.org and http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Medicine/PalliativeMedicine/?view=usa&ci=9780199974559.