Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making /  [print] 
editors, Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, Patricia L. Blanchette. 
 - Thousand Oaks, California :  Sage Publications,  (c)2000. 
 - xii, 356 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>An introduction to culture and its influence on end-of-life decision making  The medical, legal, and ethical context of death and dying. Physical aspects of dying  Cognitive changes that affect capacity and end-of-life decisions  Autonomy, advance directives, and the patient self-determination act  Ethical considerations and court involvement in end-of-life decision making  Ethnic perspectives on end-of-life decision making. Cultural and religious issues for African Americans  Advance directives and end-of-life care : the Hispanic perspective  Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States  End-of-life decision making in American Indian and Alaska native cultures  Religious perspectives on end-of-life decision making. Christian perspectives on end-of-life decision making : faith in a community  Catholic perspectives on euthanasia and assisted suicide : the human person and the quest for meaning  Jewish perspectives on end-of-life decision making  Muslim perspectives regarding death, dying, and end-of-life decision making  Buddhist issues in end-of-life decision making  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  End-of-life issues in the military culture  End-of-life issues in the HawaiiV/AIDS community  End-of-life issues : a disabilities perspective  Talking to patients  Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, and Patricia L. Blanchette --  Julie A. Patterson Fago --  Ronald A. Martino --  James H. Pietsch and Kathryn L. Braun --  Marshall B. Kapp --  Charles P. Mouton --  Melissa A. Talamantes, Celina Gomez, and Kathryn L. Braun --  Gwen Yeo and Nancy Hikoyeda --  Nancy Westlake Van Winkle --  Mary Rowell --  Marc R. Alexander --  William Kavesh --  Hamid Abdul Hai and Asad Husain --  Ronald Y. Nakasone --  Charon A. Pierson --  Patricia W. Nishimoto and Ross E. Newmann --  Russel Ogden --  Tom Koch -- about death and dying : improving communication across cultures  Shari L. Kogan, Patricia L. Blanchette, and Kamal Masaki. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99006734 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Terminal care--United States--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Minorities--Medical care--United States.<br/>Attitude to Death--ethnology--United States.<br/>Right to Die--United States.<br/>Advance Directives--ethnology--United States.<br/>Cultural Diversity--United States.<br/>Ethics, Medical--United States.<br/>Religion and Medicine--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1073.B641.C858 2000