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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462252003321

Autore

Coward Harold; Stajduhar, Kelli I

Titolo

Religious understandings of a good death in hospice palliative care

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : State University of New York Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4384-4275-0

Collana

SUNY series in religious studies Religious understandings of a good death in hospice palliative care

Disciplina

362.17/5

Soggetti

Terminal care - Religious aspects

Hospice Care

Palliative Care

Attitude to Death

Religion and Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

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.