| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xv, 525 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Health reference series |
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Health reference series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. End-of-life perspectives : -- Defining end of life -- Cultural response to death -- Spirituality in end-of-life care -- Chronic illness in old age -- Research findings about end-of-life care and outcomes. |
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pt. II. Medical management of end-of-life symptoms : -- What is palliative care? -- Pain management and assessment -- Managing and treating fatigue -- Palliative wound care -- Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome (ARDS) -- Nutrition therapy in cancer care -- Delirium. |
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pt. III. Medical decisions surrounding the end of life : -- Understanding healthcare decisions -- Preferences for care at the end of life -- Alzheimer disease and end-of-life issues -- Advanced cancer and end-of-life issues -- Human Immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and end-of-life issues -- Ethics and legal issues in palliative care -- Life support choices -- Termination of life-sustaining treatment -- Organ donation and transplantation -- Physician-assisted suicide. |
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pt. IV. End-of-life care facilities : -- Hospice care -- Types of long-term care -- Long-term care: making the right decisions -- Paying for long-term care -- Nursing home care -- Home care for critically ill patients. |
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pt. V. End-of-life caregiving : -- Communications among patients, families, and providers -- Long-distance caregiving -- End-of-life care for people who have cancer -- Information for caregivers -- The dying process -- What to do when death occurs. |
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pt. VI. Death and children : information for parents -- Caring for a terminally ill child -- Taking care of you: support for caregivers -- Pediatric palliative care -- Children's hospice and end-of-life care -- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) -- Stillbirth, miscarriage, and infant death -- Grieving the death of a child -- Helping children cope with death -- Guiding children through grief. |
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pt. VII. Legal and economic issues at the end of life : -- Getting your affairs in order -- Patient's rights -- Advance directives -- Financial assistance at the end of life -- Social Security issues -- Duties of an Executor / Personal Representative -- Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). |
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pt. VIII. Final arrangements : -- Funeral services: an overview -- Planning a funeral -- Military funeral planning -- Cremation explained -- Medical certification of death -- If death occurs while traveling -- Grief, bereavement, and coping with loss -- Working through grief. |
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pt. IX. Mortality statistics : -- Life expectancy: global trends -- Mortality trends in the United States -- Leading causes of death in the United States -- Life expectancy at birth -- Infant and maternal mortality trends and disparities -- Childhood risk of injury-related death -- Work-related fatalities -- Suicide facts and statistics -- Alcohol-attributable deaths -- Disparities in death from stroke. |
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pt. X. Additional help and information : -- Glossary of end-of-life terms -- Support groups for end-of-life issues -- Resources for information about death and dying. |
| Summary |
"Provides basic consumer health information about management of end-of-life symptoms, caregiving and facility evaluation, and legal and economic issues associated with end-of-life. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Death.
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Terminal care.
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Palliative treatment.
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Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care.
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Alzheimer's disease -- Palliative treatment.
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Cancer -- Palliative treatment.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Palliative treatment.
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HIV infections -- Palliative treatment.
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Sudden infant death syndrome.
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Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Life support systems (Critical care)
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Assisted suicide.
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Hospice care.
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Long-term care of the sick.
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Long-term care facilities.
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Nursing homes.
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Caregivers.
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Caregivers -- Decision making.
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Terminally ill children.
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Fetal death.
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Infants -- Death.
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Children and death.
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Grief.
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Bereavement.
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Cremation.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies.
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Death -- Economic aspects.
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Death -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Palliative treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00793861
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Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care.
(OCoLC)fst00806558
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Assisted suicide. (OCoLC)fst00819130
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Bereavement. (OCoLC)fst00830665
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Cancer -- Palliative treatment.
(OCoLC)fst00845409
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Caregivers. (OCoLC)fst00847331
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Children and death. (OCoLC)fst00855219
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Cremation. (OCoLC)fst00882749
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Death. (OCoLC)fst00888613
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Death -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00888628
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc. (OCoLC)fst00896814
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Fetal death. (OCoLC)fst00923373
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst00936223
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Grief. (OCoLC)fst00947883
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Hospice care. (OCoLC)fst00960872
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Infants -- Death.
(OCoLC)fst00972117
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Life support systems (Critical care) (OCoLC)fst00998381
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Long-term care facilities. (OCoLC)fst01002279
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Long-term care of the sick. (OCoLC)fst01002336
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Nursing homes. (OCoLC)fst01041949
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Palliative treatment. (OCoLC)fst01051719
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Palliative treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01051722
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Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst01055042
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Sudden infant death syndrome. (OCoLC)fst01137126
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Terminal care. (OCoLC)fst01147835
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Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01147846
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Terminally ill children. (OCoLC)fst01147896
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Terminal Care -- Popular Works.
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Terminal Care -- Resource Guides.
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Hospices -- Popular Works.
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Hospices -- Resource Guides.
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Advance Directives -- Popular Works.
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Advance Directives -- Resource Guides.
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Attitude to Death -- Popular Works.
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Attitude to Death -- Resource Guides.
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Death -- Popular Works.
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Death -- Resource Guides.
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Bereavement -- Popular Works.
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Bereavement -- Resource Guides.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Works.
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Resource Guides.
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| Added Author |
Omnigraphics, Inc., issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Death and dying sourcebook. Third edition. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2016] 9780780814974 (DLC) 2016044865 |
| ISBN |
9780780814967 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0780814967 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780780814974 (electronic book) |
