The Oxford Handbook of Ethics at the End of LifeThis handbook explores the topic of death and dying from the late twentieth to the early twenty first centuries, with particular emphasis on the United States. In this period, technology has radically changed medical practices and the way we die as structures of power have been reshaped by the rights claims of African Americans, women, gays, students, and, most relevant here, patients. Respecting patients' values has been recognized as the essential