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 / edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon. [print]

part 3. Medical decisions surrounding the end of life -- chapter 16. Preferences for care at the end of life -- chapter 17. Alzheimer disease and end-of-life -- chapter 17. Alzheimer disease and end-of-life issues -- chapter 18. Advanced cancer and end-of-life issues -- chapter 19. Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune efficiency syndrome (HawaiiV/AIDS) and end-of-life issues -- chapter 20. Ethics and legal issues in palliative care -- chapter 21. Life support choices -- chapter 22. Termination of life-sustaining treatment -- chapter 23. Organ or tissue donation -- chapter 24. Physician-assisted suicide -- chapter 25. Autopsies -- part 4. End-of-life care facilities -- chapter 26. Hospice care : at home or in a nursing facility -- chapter 27. Types of long-term care -- chapter 28. Long-term care : choosing the right place -- chapter 29. Alternatives to nursing home care -- chapter 30. Home care for critically ill patients -- section 30.1. Selecting quality home health care -- section 30.2. Assistive technology : help for patients with chronic conditions -- section 30.3. Respiratory home health care -- section 30.4. Home care for cancer patients.

part 5. End-of-life caregiving -- chapter 31. Communications among patients, families, and providers -- chapter 32. Holding on, letting go -- chapter 33. Information for caregivers -- section 33.1 Self-care tips for caregivers -- section 33.2. Who is providing care? -- chapter 34. How to help during the final weeks of life -- chapter 35. The dying process -- chapter 36. What to do when death occurs -- part 6. Death and children : information for parents -- chapter 37. Caring for a terminally ill child -- chapter 38. Making decisions when your child is very sick -- chapter 39. Children's hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care -- chapter 40. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) -- chapter 41. Stillbirth, miscarriage, and infant death -- chapter 42. Grieving the deathchildchiold -- chapter 43. Helping children cope with death and funerals -- chapter 44. Guiding children through grief.

part 7. Legal and economic issues at the end of life -- chapter 45. Getting your affairs in order -- chapter 46. Patients' rights -- chapter 47. Advance directives, health care power of attorney, and living wills -- chapter 48. Financial assistance at the end of life -- chapter 49. Taxes and Social Security issues after death -- chapter 50. Duties of an executor -- chapter 51. Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (Federated States of MicronesiaLA) -- part 8. Final arrangements -- chapter 52. Funerals : a consumer guide -- chapter 53. Planning funeral or memorial services -- chapter 54. Common funeral myths -- chapter 55. Cremation explained -- chapter 56. Medical certification of death -- chapter 57. If death occurs while traveling -- chapter 58. Loss, grief, and bereavement -- chapter 59. How to help grieving people -- chapter 60. Working through grief.

part 9. Mortality statistics -- chapter 61. Global mortality trends -- section 61.1. Expectancy improves but not for all -- section 61.2. Surviving the first five years of life -- section 61.3. Adult mortality rates and patterns -- chapter 62. Mortality trends in the United States -- chapter 63. Leading causes of death in the United States -- section 63.1. Total death for the 15 leading causes of death -- section 63.2. Leading causes of death for men by age and race -- section 63.3. Leading causes of death for women by age and race -- chapter 64. Life expectancy at birth -- chapter 65. Infant and maternal mortality trends and disparities -- chapter 66. Childhood risk of injury-related death -- chapter 67. Work-related fatalities -- chapter 68. Suicide facts and statistics -- chapter 69. Alcohol-attributable deaths -- chapter 70. Disparities in deaths from stroke -- chapter 71. Use of health care resources at the end of life -- part 10. Additional help and information -- chapter 72. Glossary of end-of-life terms -- chapter 73. Support groups for end-of-life issues -- chapter 74. Resources for information about death and dying -- Index.

Preface -- part 1. End-of-life perspectives -- chapter 1. A dying person's guide to dying -- chapter 2. Culture and the dying process -- chapter 3. Spirituality in end-of-life care -- chapter 4. Chronic illness in old age -- ch 5. Research findings about end-of-life care and outcomes -- part 2. Medical management of end-of-life symptoms -- chapter 6. What is palliative care? -- chapter 7. Common problems of critical illness -- chapter 8. Pain management and assessment -- Section 8.1. Pain management -- section 8.2. Pain assessment in cancer patients -- section 8.3. Pain assessment in patients with dementia -- chapter 9. Managing fatigue and other end-of-life symptoms -- chapter 10. Palliative wound care -- chapter 11. Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- chapter 12. Artificial hydration and nutrition -- chapter 13. Nutrition therapy in cancer care -- chapter 14. Cognitive disorders and delirium -- chapter 15. Clinical trial results that impact end-of-life treatments.

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