Index - A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, L

Page references in italics refer to photographs. References with the letter t following them indicate the presence of a table. The letter f indicates a figure. If more than one table or figure appears on a particular page, the exact item number for the table or figure being referenced is provided.

G

Gay and lesbian adolescents, 64-65

Geriatrics, 144-147

Germany, 57

Government health care programs. See Medicaid; Medicare

Greece, ancient, 1-2

Guardians' rights, 109-110

Gyatso, Tenzin, 16

J

Japan
     organ transplantation, 38-40
     suicide, 61

Jobes, Nancy Ellen, 106-107

Jones, Robert E., 74

Journal of Medical Ethics, 77

Judaism, 14-15

K

Karma, 15, 16

Kevorkian, Jack, 72-73

Kidney dialysis, 29

Korean Americans, 18

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth, 4

Q

Quill, Timothy, 68-70

Quinlan, Karen Ann, 10, 101-102

V

Vacco v. Quill, 113

Ventilators. See Mechanical ventilation

Y

Youk, Thomas, 73

Youth
     attitudes about death, 151-152, 153f
     gay and lesbian adolescents and suicide, 64-65
     suicide, 62-65, 64t-65t, 155, 155f
     teens' self-assessed likelihood of dying from particular causes, 153(f11.5)