Introduction : issues at the end of life / Robert H. Blank
Ethical questions related to end-of-life decisions : the Brazilian reality / Leo Pessini
End-of-life care in China : a view from Beijing / Li Yiting, Ole Doring, Liu Fang, Fu Li, and Su Baoqi
End-of-life decision making in Germany / Alfred Simon
End-of-life decision making in India / Sunil K. Pandya
End-of-life decision making in Israel / Tali Amidror and Frank J. Leavitt
End-of-life care in Japan / Darryl Macer
End-of-life decision making in Kenya / Angela Wasunna
End-of-life decision making in the Netherlands / Henk ten Have
End-of-life decision making in Taiwan / Tai-Yuan Chiu
End-of-life decision making in Turkey / Sahin Aksoy
Death policy in the United Kingdom / Richard Ashcroft
Death and dying : the American experience / Janna C. Merrick
Summary : the state of end-of-life policy / Robert H. Blank.