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Publication
Boston : McGraw Hill Higher Education, 6th edition
ISBN
0767421620 / 9780767421621
Description
This is an interdisciplinary introduction to death, dying and bereavement. It includes discussions of ethical principles, informed consent to treatment, financial planning and caregiver-patient relationships.
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CONTENTS:
Factors Affecting Familiarity with Death
Expressions of Attitudes toward Death
The Present Milieu: Death Attitudes and Awareness
Examining Assumptions
Death in Early and Traditional Cultures
Death and Dying in Western Culture
Four Cultural Case Studies
Rediscovering the Commemoration of Death
A Mature Concept of Death
Sociocultural Influences on Our Understanding of Death
Death in Contemporary Multicultural Societies
The Mature Concept of Death Revisited
Modern Health Care
Care of the Dying
The Patient-Caregiver Relationship
Stress in the Helping Professions
Being with Someone Who Is Dying
Personal and Social Meanings of Life-Threatening Illness
Coping with Life-Threatening Illness
Treatment Options and Issues
The Dying Trajectory
The Social Role of the Dying Patient
Fundamental Ethical Principles
Informed Consent to Treatment
Choosing Death: Euthanasia and Allowing to Die
Defining Death
Considering Ethical Issues in Medicine
Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning
Models of Grief
The Experience of Grief and Mourning
Variables Influencing Grief
Coping Mechanisms for Survivors
Bereavement as an Opportunity for Growth
Psychosocial Aspects of Last Rites
The American Funeral
Selecting Funeral Services
Body Disposition
Making Meaningful Choices. Legal Issues in the Public Arena
Organ Donation
Death Certification
The Coroner and the Medical Examiner
Autopsies
Wills and Inheritance
Probate
Life Insurance and Death Benefits
Early Childhood Encounters with Death
Development of the Understanding of Death
Children with Life-Threatening Illness
Children as Survivors of a Close Death
Helping Children Cope with Change and Loss
Parental Bereavement
Death of a Parent
Spousal Bereavement
Aging and the Aged
Comprehending Suicide
Explanatory Theories of Suicide
Some Types of Suicide
Risk Factors Influencing Suicide
Lifespan Perspectives on Suicide
Contemplating Suicide
Suicide Notes
Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
Helping a Person Who Is in Suicidal Crisis
Risk Taking
Accidents
Disasters
Violence
War
AIDS and Other Emerging Diseases
Coping with Risks
Traditional Concepts about Life After Death
Jewish Beliefs about Death and Resurrection
Hellenistic Concepts of Immortality
Christian Beliefs about the Afterlife
The Afterlife in Islamic Tradition
Death and Immortality in Eastern Religions
Secular Concepts of Immortality
Near-Death Experiences: At the Threshold of Death
Death Themes in Dreams and Psychedelic Experiences
Beliefs about Death: A Wall or a Door?
The Value of Exploring Death and Dying
New Directions in Death Education
Death in the Future
Living with Death and Dying.
Factors Affecting Familiarity with Death
Expressions of Attitudes toward Death
The Present Milieu: Death Attitudes and Awareness
Examining Assumptions
Death in Early and Traditional Cultures
Death and Dying in Western Culture
Four Cultural Case Studies
Rediscovering the Commemoration of Death
A Mature Concept of Death
Sociocultural Influences on Our Understanding of Death
Death in Contemporary Multicultural Societies
The Mature Concept of Death Revisited
Modern Health Care
Care of the Dying
The Patient-Caregiver Relationship
Stress in the Helping Professions
Being with Someone Who Is Dying
Personal and Social Meanings of Life-Threatening Illness
Coping with Life-Threatening Illness
Treatment Options and Issues
The Dying Trajectory
The Social Role of the Dying Patient
Fundamental Ethical Principles
Informed Consent to Treatment
Choosing Death: Euthanasia and Allowing to Die
Defining Death
Considering Ethical Issues in Medicine
Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning
Models of Grief
The Experience of Grief and Mourning
Variables Influencing Grief
Coping Mechanisms for Survivors
Bereavement as an Opportunity for Growth
Psychosocial Aspects of Last Rites
The American Funeral
Selecting Funeral Services
Body Disposition
Making Meaningful Choices. Legal Issues in the Public Arena
Organ Donation
Death Certification
The Coroner and the Medical Examiner
Autopsies
Wills and Inheritance
Probate
Life Insurance and Death Benefits
Early Childhood Encounters with Death
Development of the Understanding of Death
Children with Life-Threatening Illness
Children as Survivors of a Close Death
Helping Children Cope with Change and Loss
Parental Bereavement
Death of a Parent
Spousal Bereavement
Aging and the Aged
Comprehending Suicide
Explanatory Theories of Suicide
Some Types of Suicide
Risk Factors Influencing Suicide
Lifespan Perspectives on Suicide
Contemplating Suicide
Suicide Notes
Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
Helping a Person Who Is in Suicidal Crisis
Risk Taking
Accidents
Disasters
Violence
War
AIDS and Other Emerging Diseases
Coping with Risks
Traditional Concepts about Life After Death
Jewish Beliefs about Death and Resurrection
Hellenistic Concepts of Immortality
Christian Beliefs about the Afterlife
The Afterlife in Islamic Tradition
Death and Immortality in Eastern Religions
Secular Concepts of Immortality
Near-Death Experiences: At the Threshold of Death
Death Themes in Dreams and Psychedelic Experiences
Beliefs about Death: A Wall or a Door?
The Value of Exploring Death and Dying
New Directions in Death Education
Death in the Future
Living with Death and Dying.