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Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making de Kathryn L. Braun

Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making

Editat de Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, Patricia L. Blanchette
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 ian 2000
Questions that face dying individuals, their families, and the professionals that help them at the end of their lifes are explored in this volume. The contributors help the reader to come to terms with issues of mortality complicated by the diversity of cultures within society.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761912170
ISBN-10: 0761912177
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Cuprins

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

Descriere

Questions that face dying individuals, their families, and the professionals that help them at the end of their lives are explored in this volume.
The contributors help the reader to come to terms with issues of mortality complicated by the diversity of cultures within society.