Hospice U.S.A. / Austin H. Kutscher, Margot Tallmer, Mahlon S. Hale, Robert Debellis, Richard J. Torpie, Samuel C. Klagsbrun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeBellis, Robert, Editor.

Hale, Mahlon S., Editor.

Klagsbrun, Samuel C., Editor.

Kutscher, Austin H., Editor.

Kutscher, Lillian G.

Tallmer, Margot, Editor.

Torpie, Richard J., Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1983]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Surveys the past history and contemporary status of the hospice movement in the United States and speculates on its future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgment

Part I. The Hospice Movement: Past and Present

1. The Hospice: Its Changes Through Time / Seplowin, Virginia Montero / Seravalli, Egilde

2. The Hospice Movement and the Acceptance of Death / Hare, John E.

3. The Hospice Community as Reform / Wald, Henry J.

4. The Politics of Expanding Hospice Care / Klagsbrun, Samuel C.

5. The Hospice Movement: A Management Perspective / Proulx, Joseph R. / Colerick, Elizabeth J.

Part II. Ethical and Human Issues in Terminal Care

6. A Right to Die? / Metz, Richard A.

7. Humanistic Care of the Dying / Moller, David W.

8. Death with Dignity / Regelson, William

9. Patient Rights and Responsibilities in Irreversible Disease / Abrams, Ruth D.

10. The Right to Choose a Place to Die / Finn, William F.

Part III. Hospice Caregiving

11. Hospice Care: A Better Way of Caring for the Living / Gray-Tof, Pamela / Anderson, James G.

12. Relating to the Dying: A Philosophy of Continuing Care / Pratt, Dean B. / Filicky-Peneski, Roberta

13. Preserving Personhood, Sexuality, and Privacy Among the Chronically 111 and Dying / Romano, Mary

14. Humor and Laughter-Their Role in Improving the Quality of Life and of Care / Deeken, Alfons

Part IV. Helping the Dying: Caregiver Approaches

15. A Nursing Perspective on Patient Care / Wald, Florence S.

16. Spiritual Care of the Dying Person / Moss, Steven A.

17. Death Is Not All at Once... Living Is Day by Day / Martorell, Luis F.

18. The Role of a Clinical Psychologist / Carr, Arthur C.

19. Group Therapy for Life Enrichment / McMahon, Sharon

20. The Senior Citizen as a Hospice Volunteer / Harris, Audrey G.

Part V. Patients and Illnesses

21. Helping Preterminal and Terminal Cancer Patients Function Within the Community / Blackstein, Martin / Wasserman, Eleanor

22. Caring for the Patient with Pulmonary Emphysema / Bickerman, Hylan A.

23. Illness Factors in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)- A Neuromuscular Disease / Anderson, Joan E.

Part VI. Alternatives to In-Hospice Care

24. Some Questions About Hospice Development / Malafronte, Donald

25. A Physical Alternative to the Hospice / Chan, Lo-Yi

26. A Psychiatric Setting and Total Care / Klagsbrun, Samuel C.

27. Caring for the Terminally III: The Story of an American Hospital / Cimino, James E.

28. Integrating Care for the Terminally 111 Within a Comprehensive Geriatric Center / Liss-Levinson, William

29. Dying and Death of a Hospice in a Tertiary Hospital: Case History / Wilson, Peter G.

30. Hospice Home Care / Buckingham, Robert W.

31. Problems of Terminal Care: Behavior Approaches and Environment Stimulation / Regelson, William / West, Brian

Part VII. A Look to the Future

32. Health in the 1980s:Toward Optimum Human Existence / Jaffe, Russell

33. Relating Medicine to Education-A Curriculum Outline / Seguine, Arlene

34. Patient Support in the Twenty-First Century / Liegner, Leonard M. / Martin, Ellen

Index

Contributors

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780231883887

0231883889

OCLC:

1100440621