End-of-life care : ethical issues, practices and challenges / Maria Rossi and Luiz Ortiz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rossi, Maria.

Ortiz, Luiz.

Series:

Health Care Issues, Costs and Access

Health care issues, costs, and access

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects--Japan.

Terminal care.

Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects--China--Hong Kong.

Terminally ill--Care--Japan.

Terminally ill.

Terminally ill--Care--China--Hong Kong.

Hospice care--Japan.

Hospice care.

Hospice care--China--Hong Kong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human death is a mystery. Although scientists have identified the criteria, states, and signs of biological death, undoubtedly the issues of dying and death have a wider meaning. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the ethical issues, practices and challenges of end-of-life care. Topics discussed include a spiritual perspective of end-of-life experiences; a veterinary oncologist's interprofessional crossover perspective of euthanasia for terminal patients; diabetes and end-of-life care; helping families to cope after the death of a loved one; multidimensional asp

Contents:

""END-OF-LIFE CARE. ETHICAL ISSUES, PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES""; ""END-OF-LIFE CARE. ETHICAL ISSUES, PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: END-OF-LIFE CARE: ETHICAL ISSUES, PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES IN HEART FAILURE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""THE BURDEN OF HEART FAILURE""; ""NATIONAL GUIDELINES AND POLICY MATTERS IN END OF LIFE CARE IN HEART FAILURE �THE UNITED KINGDOM EXAMPLE""; ""END OF LIFE DISCUSSIONS AND EARLY INTEGRATION OF PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES""; ""BARRIERS TO END OF LIFE DISCUSSIONS""

""PREDICTION OF PROGNOSIS IN HEART FAILURE""""LINKING PREDICTION WITH PALLIATIVE AND SPECIALIST INPUT""; ""DEVICE TREATMENT FOR ADVANCED HEART FAILURE""; ""IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS WITH DEVICE IMPLANTATION""; ""DEACTIVATION OF DEVICES""; ""QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEART FAILURE""; ""HOSPICE USE IN HEART FAILURE""; ""ECONOMIC RATIONALE FOR SYSTEM REDESIGN""; ""ROLE OF RESEARCH IN END OF LIFE IN HEART FAILURE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: END-OF-LIFE EXPERIENCES: A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MENTAL STATES OF THE DYING""

""STUDIES OF END-OF-LIFE EXPERIENCES""""DEATH BED VISIONS""; ""TRANSITING TO A NEW REALITY""; ""SOMETHING LEAVING THE BODY""; ""DEATHBED COINCIDENCES (DBC)""; ""RADIANT LIGHT""; ""TERMINAL LUCIDITY""; ""RESPONSE OF CARERS TO END-OF-LIFE EXPERIENCES""; ""EXPLANATORY MODELS""; ""�DYING RIGHT�""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: DIABETES AND END-OF-LIFE CARE: ETHICAL ISSUES, PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""END-OF-LIFE CARE""; ""THE END-OF-LIFE PROCESS""; ""DIABETES-SPECIFIC END-OF-LIFE GUIDELINES""

""DEVELOPING DIABETES-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE: THE PROCESS""""LITERATURE REVIEW""; ""INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WITH DIABETES AND CARERS""; ""GUIDING PHILOSOPHY""; ""ETHICAL ISSUES""; ""METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: AFTER THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE: HELPING FAMILIES TO COPE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STAGES AND TASKS OF GRIEF""; ""GRIEF REACTIONS""; ""COMPLICATED GRIEF""; ""PREVENTION AND TREATMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: CARE FOR DYING PATIENTS: MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASPECTS OF NURSING CARE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""CONCLUSION""

""Chapter 6: SPIRITUALITY AT THE END-OF-LIFE""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY""; ""SPIRITUAL NEEDS""; ""MEETING THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS: SPIRITUAL CARE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: CHALLENGES OF PROMOTING END-OF-LIFE CARE IN RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES IN HONG KONG""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""A CULTURE OF DEATH DENIAL""; ""CHALLENGES FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE""; ""WAY FORWARD""; ""REFERENCES""

""Expert Commentary: ARE VETERINARIANS KINDER THAN PHYSICIANS AT END-OF-LIFE? IS PAWSPICE KINDER THAN HOSPICE? A VETERINARY ONCOLOGIST'S INTERPROFESSIONAL CROSSOVER PERSPECTIVE OF EUTHANASIA FOR TERMINAL PATIENTS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 12, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-556-8

OCLC:

868951966