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Shows how hospice can provide an opportunity to find comfort, companionship, and peace before death for terminally ill patients and their families. The program sheds light on the decision-making process of the doctors, nurses, chaplains, social workers, and volunteers involved in the hospice.

"In this updated new edition, the authors examine the issues of death and dying as a continuum, from death education and care of the dying to grief and bereavement. It is a multidisciplinary guide to the important issues surrounding dying and bereavement in today's health care and social environment. New features to this edition are the personal stories introducing each section, and a chapter on physical therapy with the dying."--Jacket.

Intended as a textbook for those starting out in the field, this collection covers such topics as the historical development of hospice and palliative care; financial and institutional concerns; communication, ethical, and legal concerns; spiritual care; general medical issues; pain management; cultural competence; grief and bereavement; and other issues. The editors all have experience in the field in a variety of New Mexico institutions. Annotation...

Presents questions and answers about suicide, terminal illness, euthanasia, and the special difficulties surrounding death.

"Here is a comprehensive and thorough handbook for the dying and their caregivers. Joan Furman and David McNabb walk the reader through the dying time, providing details on how to make the environment conducive to peace and tranquillity, give physical care, understand and respond to the emotional and spiritual crises that naturally occur, and stay healthy as a caregiver. They answer with honesty and sensitivity the questions most frequently asked,...

"While palliative care is increasingly recognized as an indispensable public health matter, it remains a theme only sporadically dealt with within public health. Conversely, a public health approach is rarely purposely applied within palliative care and palliative care research. This book presents a synthesis and overview of empirical evidence and policies pertaining to the end of life of populations. In 22 chapters renowned international contributors...

"Up to the 1970s, most Americans died swiftly: of heart attacks, strokes, cancer, or in accidents. But in the past three decades, medical advances have extended our lives and changed the way we die. Journalist Kiernan reveals the disconnect between how patients want to live the end of life--pain-free, functioning mentally and physically, surrounded by family and friends--and how the medical system continues to treat the dying--with extreme interventions,...

"Following the death of her father, journalist and hospice volunteer Ann Neumann sets out to examine what it means to die well in the United States. If a good death exists, what does it look like? This question lies at the heart of Neumann's rigorously researched and intimately told journey along the ultimate borderland of American life: American death. From church basements to hospital wards to prison cells, Neumann charts the social, political,...

Palliative Care Nursing, Fifth Edition, delivers advanced empirical, aesthetic, ethical and personal knowledge. This new edition brings an increased focus on outcomes, benchmarking progress, and goals of care. It expounds upon the importance of the cross-disciplinary collaboration introduced in the previous edition. Every chapter in Sections I, II, and III includes content written by a non-nursing member of the interprofessional team. Based on best-evidence...

Death is something we will all one day face. So why is it so hard for doctors to talk with their patients about dying? How can the medical profession better help people navigate the final chapters of their lives with confidence, direction, and purpose? In this film, renowned surgeon and writer Atul Gawande teams with FRONTLINE to bring his personal journey- and the stories of his patients and their families- to life, and challenges us to reexamine...