Religious understandings of a good death in hospice palliative care / edited by Harold Coward and Kelli I. Stajduhar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coward, Harold G.

Stajduhar, Kelli I.

Series:

SUNY series in religious studies

SUNY series in Religious Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terminal care--Religious aspects.

Terminal care.

Palliative treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores how religious understandings of death are experienced in hospice care.

Contents:

Cicely Saunders and the development of hospice palliative care / Michael Wright, David Clark

"Like a ripe fruit separating effortlessly from its vine" : religious understandings of a good death : Hinduism / Anantanand Rambachan

Welcoming an old friend : Buddhist perspectives on good death / Anne Bruce

Muslim perspectives on a good death in hospice and end-of-life care / Earle Waugh

Tradition and change in Jewish ideals regarding a "good" death / Norman Ravvin

Dying well in Christianity / Janet Soskice

Chinese religions and hospice care / Edwin C. Hui, Danny C. Leung

Buddhist hospice care in Thailand / Robert Florida, Pinit Ratanakul

The Ugandan way of living and dying / Michael L. Hadley, Godfrey Agupio

Punjabi extended family hospice care / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar

Seeking physical, cultural, ethical, and spiritual "safe space" for a "good death" : the experience of indigenous peoples in accessing hospice care / Joseph M. Kaufert ... [et al.]

Caring for children in hospice and palliative care : the spiritual/religious dimension / Betty Davies, Thomas Attig

Interfaith chaplaincy in hospice palliative care / Kelli I. Stajduhar, Coby Tschanz.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781461907770

1461907772

9781438442754

1438442750