Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making / editors, Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, Patricia L. Blanchette. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, (c)2000.Description: xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- Death -- Social aspects -- United States
- Terminal care -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies
- Minorities -- Medical care -- United States
- Attitude to Death -- ethnology -- United States
- Right to Die -- United States
- Advance Directives -- ethnology -- United States
- Cultural Diversity -- United States
- Ethics, Medical -- United States
- Religion and Medicine -- United States
- Gerontology
- HQ1073.B641.C858 2000
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Includes bibliographies and index.
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 HawaiiV/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.
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