| Description |
xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface - J. Lynn -- Acknowledgments -- 1. An Introduction to Culture and Its Influence on End-of-Life Decision-Making - K.L. Braun, J.H. Pietsch, & P.L. Blanchette -- Part One: The Medical, Legal And Ethical Context Of Death And Dying -- 2. Physical Aspects of Dying - J.A. Patterson Fago -- 3. Cognitive Changes That Affect Capacity and End-of-Life Decisions - R.A. Martino -- 4. Autonomy, Advance Directives, and the Patient Self-Determination Act - J.H. Pietsch & K.L. Braun -- 5. Ethical Considerations and Court Involvement in End-of-Life Decision-Making - M.B. Kapp -- Part Two: Ethnic Perspectives And End-Of-Life Decision-Making -- 6. Cultural and Religious Issues for African Americans - C.P. Mouton -- 7. Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care: The Hispanic Perspective - M.A. Talamantes, C.Gomez, & K.L. Braun -- 8. Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making among Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States - G.Yeo & H. Nikoyeda -- 9. End-of-Life Decision Making in American Indian and Alaska Native Cultures - N.W. Van Winkle -- Part Three: Religious Perspectives On End-Of-Life Decision Making -- 10. Christian Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making: Faith in a Communtiy - M. Rowell -- 11. Catholic Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: The Human Person and the Quest for Meaning - M.R. Alexander -- 12. Jewish Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making - W. Kavesh -- 13. Muslim Perspectives Regarding Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Decision Making - H.A. Hai & A. Husain -- 14. Buddhist Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making - R.Y. Nakasone -- Part Four: End-Of-Life Issues In Institutional Cultures And For Special Populations -- 15. Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making in the Hospital and Nursing Home Culture - C.A. Pierson -- 16. End-of-Life Issues in the Military Culture - P.W. Nishimoto & R.E. Newman -- 17. End-of-Life Issues in the HIV/AIDS Community - R. Ogden -- 18. End-of-Life Issues: A Disabilitites Perspective - T. Koch -- 19. Talking to Patients About Death and Dying: Improving Communication Across Cultures - S.L. Kogan, P.L. Blanchette, & K. Masaki -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
The difficult decisions that face dying individuals, their families and the professionals that help them at the end of their life are impacted by cultural background, religious upbringing, education and experience |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Death -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Terminal care -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Minorities -- Medical care -- United States.
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Attitude to Death -- ethnology.
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Right to Die.
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Advance Directives -- ethnology.
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Cultural Diversity.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Religion and Medicine.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Braun, Kathryn.
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Pietsch, James H.
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Blanchette, Patricia L.
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| LC no. |
99006734 |
| ISBN |
0761912177 alkaline paper |
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0761912169 alkaline paper |
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