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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Omnigraphics, Inc.

Series:

Health reference series.

Health reference series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death.

Terminal care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 525 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2017]

Summary:

"Provides basic consumer health information about management of end-of-life symptoms, caregiving and facility evaluation, and legal and economic issues associated with end-of-life. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. End-of-life perspectives

pt. 2. Medical management of end-of-life symptoms

pt. 3. Medical decisions surrounding the end of life

pt. 4. End-of-life care facilities

pt. 5. End-of-life caregiving

pt. 6. Death and children : information for parents

pt. 7. Legal and economic issues at the end of life

pt. 8. Final arrangements

pt. 9. Morality statistics

pt. 10. Additional help and information.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786842688

1786842688

9780780814974

0780814975

OCLC:

974770408