Death and dying sourcebook : basic consumer health information about end-of-life care and related perspectives and ethical issues, including end-of-life symptoms and treatments, pain management, quality-of-life concerns, the use of life support, patients' rights and privacy issues, advance directives, physician-assisted suicide, caregiving, organ and tissue donation, autopsies, funeral arrangements, and grief ; along with statistical data, information about the leading causes of death, a glossary, and directories of support groups and other resources /
Death and dying sourcebook : basic consumer health information about end-of-life care and related perspectives and ethical issues, including end-of-life symptoms and treatments, pain management, quality-of-life concerns, the use of life support, patients' rights and privacy issues, advance directives, physician-assisted suicide, caregiving, organ and tissue donation, autopsies, funeral arrangements, and grief ; along with statistical data, information about the leading causes of death, a glossary, and directories of support groups and other resources / [print]
edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon.
- second edition.
- Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, (c)2006.
- xvi, 653 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Health reference series .
- Health reference series (Unnumbered) .
Medical decisions surrounding the end of life -- Preferences for care at the end of life -- Alzheimer disease and end-of-life -- Alzheimer disease and end-of-life issues -- Advanced cancer and end-of-life issues -- Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune efficiency syndrome (HawaiiV/AIDS) and end-of-life issues -- Ethics and legal issues in palliative care -- Life support choices -- Termination of life-sustaining treatment -- Organ or tissue donation -- Physician-assisted suicide -- Autopsies -- End-of-life care facilities -- Hospice care : at home or in a nursing facility -- Types of long-term care -- Long-term care : choosing the right place -- Alternatives to nursing home care -- Home care for critically ill patients -- Selecting quality home health care -- Assistive technology : help for patients with chronic conditions -- Respiratory home health care -- Home care for cancer patients. part 3. chapter 16. chapter 17. chapter 17. chapter 18. chapter 19. chapter 20. chapter 21. chapter 22. chapter 23. chapter 24. chapter 25. part 4. chapter 26. chapter 27. chapter 28. chapter 29. chapter 30. section 30.1. section 30.2. section 30.3. section 30.4. End-of-life caregiving -- Communications among patients, families, and providers -- Holding on, letting go -- Information for caregivers -- Self-care tips for caregivers -- Who is providing care? -- How to help during the final weeks of life -- The dying process -- What to do when death occurs -- Death and children : information for parents -- Caring for a terminally ill child -- Making decisions when your child is very sick -- Children's hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care -- Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) -- Stillbirth, miscarriage, and infant death -- Grieving the deathchildchiold -- Helping children cope with death and funerals -- Guiding children through grief. part 5. chapter 31. chapter 32. chapter 33. section 33.1 section 33.2. chapter 34. chapter 35. chapter 36. part 6. chapter 37. chapter 38. chapter 39. chapter 40. chapter 41. chapter 42. chapter 43. chapter 44. Legal and economic issues at the end of life -- Getting your affairs in order -- Patients' rights -- Advance directives, health care power of attorney, and living wills -- Financial assistance at the end of life -- Taxes and Social Security issues after death -- Duties of an executor -- Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (Federated States of MicronesiaLA) -- Final arrangements -- Funerals : a consumer guide -- Planning funeral or memorial services -- Common funeral myths -- Cremation explained -- Medical certification of death -- If death occurs while traveling -- Loss, grief, and bereavement -- How to help grieving people -- Working through grief. part 7. chapter 45. chapter 46. chapter 47. chapter 48. chapter 49. chapter 50. chapter 51. part 8. chapter 52. chapter 53. chapter 54. chapter 55. chapter 56. chapter 57. chapter 58. chapter 59. chapter 60. Mortality statistics -- Global mortality trends -- Expectancy improves but not for all -- Surviving the first five years of life -- Adult mortality rates and patterns -- Mortality trends in the United States -- Leading causes of death in the United States -- Total death for the 15 leading causes of death -- Leading causes of death for men by age and race -- Leading causes of death for women by age and race -- 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 deaths from stroke -- Use of health care resources at the end of life -- Additional help and information -- Glossary of end-of-life terms -- Support groups for end-of-life issues -- Resources for information about death and dying -- Index. part 9. chapter 61. section 61.1. section 61.2. section 61.3. chapter 62. chapter 63. section 63.1. section 63.2. section 63.3. chapter 64. chapter 65. chapter 66. chapter 67. chapter 68. chapter 69. chapter 70. chapter 71. part 10. chapter 72. chapter 73. chapter 74. Preface -- End-of-life perspectives -- A dying person's guide to dying -- Culture and the dying process -- Spirituality in end-of-life care -- Chronic illness in old age -- Research findings about end-of-life care and outcomes -- Medical management of end-of-life symptoms -- What is palliative care? -- Common problems of critical illness -- Pain management and assessment -- Pain management -- Pain assessment in cancer patients -- Pain assessment in patients with dementia -- Managing fatigue and other end-of-life symptoms -- Palliative wound care -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Artificial hydration and nutrition -- Nutrition therapy in cancer care -- Cognitive disorders and delirium -- Clinical trial results that impact end-of-life treatments. part 1. chapter 1. chapter 2. chapter 3. chapter 4. ch 5. part 2. chapter 6. chapter 7. chapter 8. Section 8.1. section 8.2. section 8.3. chapter 9. chapter 10. chapter 11. chapter 12. chapter 13. chapter 14. chapter 15.
"Provides basic consumer health information about end-of-life care and related issues. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publisher.
0780808711 9780780808713 9780780808713
2006015325
101278456 DNLM
Bereavement--Resource Guides.
Death.
Terminal care.
R726.8.D285.D438 2006 R726.8.S528.D438 2006
Medical decisions surrounding the end of life -- Preferences for care at the end of life -- Alzheimer disease and end-of-life -- Alzheimer disease and end-of-life issues -- Advanced cancer and end-of-life issues -- Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune efficiency syndrome (HawaiiV/AIDS) and end-of-life issues -- Ethics and legal issues in palliative care -- Life support choices -- Termination of life-sustaining treatment -- Organ or tissue donation -- Physician-assisted suicide -- Autopsies -- End-of-life care facilities -- Hospice care : at home or in a nursing facility -- Types of long-term care -- Long-term care : choosing the right place -- Alternatives to nursing home care -- Home care for critically ill patients -- Selecting quality home health care -- Assistive technology : help for patients with chronic conditions -- Respiratory home health care -- Home care for cancer patients. part 3. chapter 16. chapter 17. chapter 17. chapter 18. chapter 19. chapter 20. chapter 21. chapter 22. chapter 23. chapter 24. chapter 25. part 4. chapter 26. chapter 27. chapter 28. chapter 29. chapter 30. section 30.1. section 30.2. section 30.3. section 30.4. End-of-life caregiving -- Communications among patients, families, and providers -- Holding on, letting go -- Information for caregivers -- Self-care tips for caregivers -- Who is providing care? -- How to help during the final weeks of life -- The dying process -- What to do when death occurs -- Death and children : information for parents -- Caring for a terminally ill child -- Making decisions when your child is very sick -- Children's hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care -- Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) -- Stillbirth, miscarriage, and infant death -- Grieving the deathchildchiold -- Helping children cope with death and funerals -- Guiding children through grief. part 5. chapter 31. chapter 32. chapter 33. section 33.1 section 33.2. chapter 34. chapter 35. chapter 36. part 6. chapter 37. chapter 38. chapter 39. chapter 40. chapter 41. chapter 42. chapter 43. chapter 44. Legal and economic issues at the end of life -- Getting your affairs in order -- Patients' rights -- Advance directives, health care power of attorney, and living wills -- Financial assistance at the end of life -- Taxes and Social Security issues after death -- Duties of an executor -- Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (Federated States of MicronesiaLA) -- Final arrangements -- Funerals : a consumer guide -- Planning funeral or memorial services -- Common funeral myths -- Cremation explained -- Medical certification of death -- If death occurs while traveling -- Loss, grief, and bereavement -- How to help grieving people -- Working through grief. part 7. chapter 45. chapter 46. chapter 47. chapter 48. chapter 49. chapter 50. chapter 51. part 8. chapter 52. chapter 53. chapter 54. chapter 55. chapter 56. chapter 57. chapter 58. chapter 59. chapter 60. Mortality statistics -- Global mortality trends -- Expectancy improves but not for all -- Surviving the first five years of life -- Adult mortality rates and patterns -- Mortality trends in the United States -- Leading causes of death in the United States -- Total death for the 15 leading causes of death -- Leading causes of death for men by age and race -- Leading causes of death for women by age and race -- 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 deaths from stroke -- Use of health care resources at the end of life -- Additional help and information -- Glossary of end-of-life terms -- Support groups for end-of-life issues -- Resources for information about death and dying -- Index. part 9. chapter 61. section 61.1. section 61.2. section 61.3. chapter 62. chapter 63. section 63.1. section 63.2. section 63.3. chapter 64. chapter 65. chapter 66. chapter 67. chapter 68. chapter 69. chapter 70. chapter 71. part 10. chapter 72. chapter 73. chapter 74. Preface -- End-of-life perspectives -- A dying person's guide to dying -- Culture and the dying process -- Spirituality in end-of-life care -- Chronic illness in old age -- Research findings about end-of-life care and outcomes -- Medical management of end-of-life symptoms -- What is palliative care? -- Common problems of critical illness -- Pain management and assessment -- Pain management -- Pain assessment in cancer patients -- Pain assessment in patients with dementia -- Managing fatigue and other end-of-life symptoms -- Palliative wound care -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Artificial hydration and nutrition -- Nutrition therapy in cancer care -- Cognitive disorders and delirium -- Clinical trial results that impact end-of-life treatments. part 1. chapter 1. chapter 2. chapter 3. chapter 4. ch 5. part 2. chapter 6. chapter 7. chapter 8. Section 8.1. section 8.2. section 8.3. chapter 9. chapter 10. chapter 11. chapter 12. chapter 13. chapter 14. chapter 15.
"Provides basic consumer health information about end-of-life care and related issues. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publisher.
0780808711 9780780808713 9780780808713
2006015325
101278456 DNLM
Bereavement--Resource Guides.
Death.
Terminal care.
R726.8.D285.D438 2006 R726.8.S528.D438 2006