These volumes covering the twists and turns of dying in 2013 are informative for the terminally ill themselves, their loved ones, and health care providers. One cannot read them and walk away thinking the same way about the contemporary dying experience. . . . Highly recommended.
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This novel, cross-disciplinary collection explains how dying, death, and grieving have changed in America, for better or worse, since the turn of the millennium.
What does dying with dignity mean in a diverse society with rapidly advancing technology, an aging population, and finite resources? In this fascinating collection, scholars from across the nation illuminate the remarkable changes that have taken place in recent years, are now underway, and loom on the horizon as they lead readers on an exploration of the ways Americans think about and handle dying and death. Volume 1, New Paths of Engagement, addresses changes in the circumstances and expressions of death, dying, and grief in 21st-century America. Volume 2, New Venues in the Search for Dignity and Grace, delves into the challenges inherent in creating a medical and social system that allows for an optimal end-of-life experience for all and proposes ways in which society can be reshaped to move toward that ideal.
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This novel, cross-disciplinary collection explains how dying, death, and grieving have changed in America, for better or worse, since the turn of the millennium.What does dying with dignity mean in a diverse society with rapidly advancing technology, an aging population, and finite resources?
Les mer
1. Introduction: The Need for Accommodation
Christina Staudt
SECTION I: ESCAPING THE QUAGMIRE
2. The Future of Death and Two Challenges That Will Shape It
James W. Green
3. Assisted Suicide in the Age of AIDS and Alzheimer's
Michael Teitelman
4. Dying Persons and Their Families
Margaret Souza
5. Decision Making at the End of Life: From Informed Consent to Family Consent
Lawrence A. Frolik
6. A Changing Landscape: Evolving Ethical Duties and Obligation of Patients, Families, and Providers
Miriam Piven Cotler
7. The Hippocratic and the Veterinary Oaths: Medical Ethics at the End of Life
Sara Waller
SECTION II: IMPROVING THE VEHICLES OF CARE
8. Palliative Care and Hospice: Caring for Patients with Serious Illness
Kerrianne P. Page and Maura L. Del Bene
9. The Health Advocate in End-of-Life Care
Linda Koebner
10. Culturally Competent Care in an Increasingly Diverse Society
Karen Bullock and Jasmin Volkel
11. Attending to the Pain of the Dying: The Nursing Home Care Paradox
Anthony J. Lechich
12. The Evolving Role of Hospital Chaplains at the End of Life
Martha R. Jacobs and Linda S. Golding
13. Before Their Time: The Need for Communication When They Die Young
Nathan Ionascu
SECTION III: REDRAWING THE MAP
14. Advance Directives and Hospice Care: Cost Savers at the End
Edward J. Lusk, Nellie Selander, and Michael Halperin
15. Conspicuous Metabolism: Life Support and Life Extension as Luxury Goods
Kevin T. Keith
16. Solidarity, Mortality: The Tolling Bell of Civic Palliative Care
Bruce Jennings
Conclusion: A Letter from a Fellow Traveler
Christina Staudt
Afterword
J. Harold Ellens
Bibliography
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
Les mer
These volumes covering the twists and turns of dying in 2013 are informative for the terminally ill themselves, their loved ones, and health care providers. One cannot read them and walk away thinking the same way about the contemporary dying experience. . . . Highly recommended.
Les mer
This novel, cross-disciplinary collection explains how dying, death, and grieving have changed in America, for better or worse, since the turn of the millennium.
Shows how high health care costs; concern for the environment; and a diverse, aging population necessitate rethinking the care of those who are at the end of life
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781440828454
Publisert
2013-11-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
1361 gr
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt