| Description |
xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An introduction to culture and its influence on end-of-life decision making / Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, and Patricia L. Blanchette -- The medical, legal, and ethical context of death and dying. Physical aspects of dying / Julie A. Patterson Fago -- Cognitive changes that affect capacity and end-of-life decisions / Ronald A. Martino -- Autonomy, advance directives, and the patient self-determination act / James H. Pietsch and Kathryn L. Braun -- Ethical considerations and court involvement in end-of-life decision making / Marshall B. Kapp -- Ethnic perspectives on end-of-life decision making. Cultural and religious issues for African Americans / Charles P. Mouton -- Advance directives and end-of-life care : the Hispanic perspective / Melissa A. Talamantes, Celina Gomez, and Kathryn L. Braun -- Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States / Gwen Yeo and Nancy Hikoyeda -- End-of-life decision making in American Indian and Alaska native cultures / Nancy Westlake Van Winkle -- Religious perspectives on end-of-life decision making. Christian perspectives on end-of-life decision making : faith in a community / Mary Rowell -- Catholic perspectives on euthanasia and assisted suicide : the human person and the quest for meaning / Marc R. Alexander -- Jewish perspectives on end-of-life decision making / William Kavesh -- Muslim perspectives regarding death, dying, and end-of-life decision making / Hamid Abdul Hai and Asad Husain -- Buddhist issues in end-of-life decision making / Ronald Y. Nakasone -- End-of-life issues in institutional cultures and for special populations. Issues in end-of-life decision making in the hospital and nursing home culture / Charon A. Pierson -- End-of-life issues in the military culture / Patricia W. Nishimoto and Ross E. Newmann -- End-of-life issues in the HIV/AIDS community / Russel Ogden -- End-of-life issues : a disabilities perspective / Tom Koch -- Talking to patients about death and dying : improving communication across cultures / Shari L. Kogan, Patricia L. Blanchette, and Kamal Masaki. |
| 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 -- United States.
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Right to Die -- United States.
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Advance Directives -- ethnology -- United States.
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Cultural Diversity -- United States.
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Ethics, Medical -- United States.
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Religion and Medicine -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Braun, Kathryn.
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Pietsch, James H.
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Blanchette, Patricia L.
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| ISBN |
0761912169 alkaline paper |
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0761912177 alkaline paper |
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