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UNINA9910782676203321 |
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Titolo |
Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 20 Focus on the end of Life : scientific and social issues / / M. Powell Lawton, volume editor |
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New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-80622-6 |
9786611806224 |
0-8261-1661-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Collana |
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Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics, , 0198-8794 ; ; v. 20 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LawtonM. Powell <1923-2001.> (Mortimer Powell) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Advance directives (Medical care) |
Death - Social aspects |
Hospice care |
Right to die |
Terminal care |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Forthcoming Contents for Volume 21; 1. An Overview of the End of Life; 2. Ethics and Spirituality: Strangers at the End of Life?; 3. Medical Decision Making Toward the End of Life: Ethical, Economic, and Health Policy Implications; 4. Quality-of-Life Trajectories of Elders in the End of Life; 5. Measuring Quality of Medical Care for Dying Persons and Their Families: Preliminary Suggestions for Accountability; 6. Comfort in Older Adults at the End of Life; 7. Friendship at the End of Life |
8. Healthy Elders' Early Decisions for End-of-Life Living and Dying9. Hospice and Its Role in Improving End-of-Life Care; 10. End of Life in Nursing Homes; 11. The Ethnography of the End of Life: The Nursing Home and Other Residential Settings; 12. Clinical Aspects of End-of-Life Care; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The study of ""the end of life"" has become a major focus on medicine, the social sciences, ethics, and religion. This volume brings together the latest research on issues around death and dying, life's attributes |
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