NO GOOD DEED: A STORY OF MEDICINE, MURDER ACCUSATIONS, AND THE DEBATE OVER HOW WE DIE
Book ID/图书代码： 02740009B33080
English Summary/英文概要： This book will be a personal account of the investigation of Cohen’s former colleagues, two nurses who were accused of murder by a fellow nurse. Cohen will dramatically showcase the fine line between administering comfort and hastening death at the end of life. As cases such as Terry Schiavo, Jack Kevorkian, and the Hurricane Katrina show, the questions raised in NO GOOD DEED are of the utmost practical importance and are cultural trigger points.
The jumping off point for NO GOOD DEED is the death of Rosemarie Doherty, a seriously ill 67-year-old who died shortly after being taken off dialysis at her son’s request. Doherty’s death, while not unexpected, spurred a chain of events that culminated in the arrest of two caring professionals on charges of murder.
Cohen will examine the forces at work that led to these arrests and what is at stake in the national debate, as baby boomers care for aging parents and face their own imminent mortality.
Among the relevant and timely themes Cohen will explore in this book is the intersection of religion, politics, and health care. He will examine the difficulties inherent in attempting to balance moral obligations with advancements in technology and medicine, and he will show that there can be no clear delineation between right and wrong with two clearly divergent sides both staking claim to the moral high ground. He devotes an entire chapter to the international perspective on the topic, comparing how differnt countries view the situation. Dr. Cohen is also slated to speak at a conference in the U.K in October about the issue of end of life care for patients with kidney problems at the Royal Society of Medicine.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 謀殺、醫學與死亡抉擇：當代社會最難解的問題
全球知名醫師與研究員Cohen博士透過一起醫療謀殺真實調查案件，回答當代社會最難解的問題：面對瀕臨死亡邊緣的病人，現代醫學應該做到何種地步以挽救、延長病人的生命？
2001年1月某個狂風暴雨的夜晚，麻州警探來到護士Amy Gleason的門前。
Gleason 和她的同事 Kim Hoy被控以謀殺過去曾協助面對病痛的ㄧ位瀕死病人。
這位病人是67歲的Rosemarie，在她兒子的要求下拿掉維生的洗腎機，沒多久隨即往生。但她的死亡卻造成兩位專業護士被控以謀殺…
這兩位護士為何遭到逮捕，Cohen 醫師在本書中將透過這一起謀殺控訴案，探討在照護瀕死病患時，現代醫療科技、醫護人員、病人家屬、法律規範與宗教信仰各自要面對與處理的道德難題與抉擇。
Cohen博士在書中另寫有ㄧ專章，比較各個不同國家是如何從各方角度來看待此一臨終照護難題。(KC)
Awards/获奖情况：相關文章：
http://www.mc.ntu.edu.tw/epaper/192/epaper_192_17.htm醫學專業素養面對生死與臨終照護
http://www.tho.org.tw/xms/ 安寧緩和醫療條例
http://cancer.idv.tw/Patient/hospice.htm 安寧療護專業人員
Palliative care and end-of-life specialist Cohen makes a valiant effort to be evenhanded on the end-of-life debate, it is apparent (from the title alone) on which side of the question his sentiments rest. He does, however, command respect for cogent reportage amid the roiling emotions often roused by this hot-button topic. His account of the trials of two nurses accused of murdering a terminally ill patient in their care at times takes on the tenor of witch-hunt, in part because their accuser apparently declined face-to-face interviews with Cohen, perhaps because of his specialty. He did manage to interview the leader of an organization that opposes withholding medically aggressive treatment at the end of life and well communicates the group’s thoughts and fears regarding end-of-life decisions. What is clear, in the end, is that, at the hour when most terminally ill patients pass quietly into that good night, they most certainly lie squarely in the eye of a hurricane of controversy. A complex subject well presented, though not so as to change anyone’s mind.---Donna Chavez, From Booklist
About the Author/作者介绍： Cohen博士是全球知名的精神醫學教授，任教於Tufts醫學院並擔任 Baystate醫學中心的臨床研究員。他的文章曾刊登在許多知名醫學期刊，包括美國醫學協會期刊、Palliative醫學期刊以及美國精神醫療期刊等。
Cohen博士的研究獲得美國國家衛生研究所(NIH)以及許多私人基金會的贊助，包含Robert Wood Johnson Foundation、全國腎臟基金會以及Greenwall Foundation。他是美國各地醫學會議定期邀請的講者。在英國、瑞典、日本、西班牙與荷蘭等地都曾發表過研究成果。
Lewis Mitchell Cohen M.D., F.A.P.M. is a Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine, and a clinician-researcher from Baystate Medical Center based in Springfield, MA. Dr. Cohen is the author of a book for the general public (HarperCollins, 2010) entitled, No Good Deed: A Story of Medicine, Murder Accusations, and the Debate Over How We Die, about controversies in renal palliative care. This non-fiction book follows an accusation of murder targeting two renal nurses at Baystate following the decision to discontinue dialysis of a patient.
Dr. Cohen received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Award to complete the writing, and the book’s subject is derived from his internationally known research related to patients who stop dialysis and his longstanding interest in the religious, spiritual, and bioethical aspects of the decisions to terminate life-support treatments. In the book, Dr. Cohen reviewed a number of different theological perspectives about end-of-life care, including the changing Catholic view, and the new Israeli laws that reflect an evolving Orthodox Jewish view. He also described numerous other healthcare providers who have been formally investigated after providing palliative care.
Dr. Cohen is presently researching a book on the Death with Dignity Movement.
Dr. Cohen has been a member and fellow of the American Psychiatric Association since 1977. He is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists, and also the Maimonides Society in western Massachusetts. He has published over 125 academic articles and chapters in such varied journals as: the American Journal of Psychiatry, the Hastings Report, the American Journal of Kidney Disease, and the Journal of Palliative Medicine.
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