Our Changing Journey to the End [[electronic resource] ] : Reshaping Death, Dying, and Grief in America |
Autore | Staudt Christina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (698 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EllensJ. Harold |
Soggetto topico |
Death -- Social aspects -- United States
Grief -- Social aspects -- United States Right to die -- United States Terminal care -- United States Terminal care - Social aspects - United States Right to die - Social aspects - United States Death - United States Grief - United States Medicine Health & Biological Sciences Palliative Care |
ISBN |
979-82-16-12605-8
1-4408-2845-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Volume 1; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: A Bird's Eye View of the Territory; SECTION I: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE; 2. From Death Denial to Death Control: The New Baby-Boomer Approach; 3. Dying while Living: The Problem of Social Death; 4. The Biology of Decision: Implications of Neuroscientific Research for End-of-Life Care; 5. Prognosis, Costs, and End-of-Life Care; SECTION II: SPEAKING IN A NEW LANGUAGE; 6. Stories of the End: A Narrative Medicine Curriculum to Reframe Death and Dying
7. What Rational Philosophy Cannot Tell Us about Death in the 21st Century8. Grim Discoveries: Agnès Varda's Vagabond (1985) and Karen Moncrieff's The Dead Girl (2006); 9. Unveiling the Corpse in the 21st Century; SECTION III: TRANSFORMING THE AFTERMATH; 10. Expansion of New Rituals for the Dying and Bereaved; 11. Virtual Memorials: Bereavement and the Internet; 12. Strange Eternity: Virtual Memorials, Grief, and Entertainment; 13. Roadside Memorials: A 21st-Century Development; 14. Reconfiguring Urban Spaces of Disposal, Sanctuary, and Remembrance; Conclusion: Additional Vistas; Bibliography About the EditorsAbout the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Volume 2; Contents; 1. Introduction: The Need for Accommodation; SECTION 1: ESCAPING THE QUAGMIRE; 2. The Future of Death and Two Challenges That Will Shape It; 3. Assisted Suicide in the Age of AIDS and Alzheimer's; 4. Dying Persons and Their Families; 5. Decision Making at the End of Life: From Informed Consent to Family Consent; 6. A Changing Landscape: Evolving Ethical Duties and Obligation of Patients, Families, and Providers 7. The Hippocratic and the Veterinary Oaths: Medical Ethics at the End of LifeSECTION II: IMPROVING THE VEHICLES OF CARE; 8. Palliative Care and Hospice: Caring for Patients with Serious Illness; 9. The Health Advocate in End-of-Life Care; 10. Culturally Competent Care in an Increasingly Diverse Society; 11. Attending to the Pain of the Dying: The Nursing Home Care Paradox; 12. The Evolving Role of Hospital Chaplains at the End of Life; 13. Before Their Time: The Need for Communication When They Die Young; SECTION III: REDRAWING THE MAP 14. Advance Directives and Hospice Care: Cost Savers at the End15. Conspicuous Metabolism: Life Support and Life Extension as Luxury Goods; 16. Solidarity, Mortality: The Tolling Bell of Civic Palliative Care; Conclusion: A Letter from a Fellow Traveler; Afterword; Bibliography; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Altri titoli varianti |
Our Changing Journey to the End [2 Volumes]
Our changing journey to the end |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787772503321 |
Staudt Christina | ||
Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Our Changing Journey to the End : Reshaping Death, Dying, and Grief in America |
Autore | Staudt Christina |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (698 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) | EllensJ. Harold |
Soggetto topico |
Death -- Social aspects -- United States
Grief -- Social aspects -- United States Right to die -- United States Terminal care -- United States Terminal care - Social aspects - United States Right to die - Social aspects - United States Death - United States Grief - United States Medicine Health & Biological Sciences Palliative Care |
ISBN |
979-82-16-12605-8
1-4408-2845-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Volume 1; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: A Bird's Eye View of the Territory; SECTION I: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE; 2. From Death Denial to Death Control: The New Baby-Boomer Approach; 3. Dying while Living: The Problem of Social Death; 4. The Biology of Decision: Implications of Neuroscientific Research for End-of-Life Care; 5. Prognosis, Costs, and End-of-Life Care; SECTION II: SPEAKING IN A NEW LANGUAGE; 6. Stories of the End: A Narrative Medicine Curriculum to Reframe Death and Dying
7. What Rational Philosophy Cannot Tell Us about Death in the 21st Century8. Grim Discoveries: Agnès Varda's Vagabond (1985) and Karen Moncrieff's The Dead Girl (2006); 9. Unveiling the Corpse in the 21st Century; SECTION III: TRANSFORMING THE AFTERMATH; 10. Expansion of New Rituals for the Dying and Bereaved; 11. Virtual Memorials: Bereavement and the Internet; 12. Strange Eternity: Virtual Memorials, Grief, and Entertainment; 13. Roadside Memorials: A 21st-Century Development; 14. Reconfiguring Urban Spaces of Disposal, Sanctuary, and Remembrance; Conclusion: Additional Vistas; Bibliography About the EditorsAbout the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Volume 2; Contents; 1. Introduction: The Need for Accommodation; SECTION 1: ESCAPING THE QUAGMIRE; 2. The Future of Death and Two Challenges That Will Shape It; 3. Assisted Suicide in the Age of AIDS and Alzheimer's; 4. Dying Persons and Their Families; 5. Decision Making at the End of Life: From Informed Consent to Family Consent; 6. A Changing Landscape: Evolving Ethical Duties and Obligation of Patients, Families, and Providers 7. The Hippocratic and the Veterinary Oaths: Medical Ethics at the End of LifeSECTION II: IMPROVING THE VEHICLES OF CARE; 8. Palliative Care and Hospice: Caring for Patients with Serious Illness; 9. The Health Advocate in End-of-Life Care; 10. Culturally Competent Care in an Increasingly Diverse Society; 11. Attending to the Pain of the Dying: The Nursing Home Care Paradox; 12. The Evolving Role of Hospital Chaplains at the End of Life; 13. Before Their Time: The Need for Communication When They Die Young; SECTION III: REDRAWING THE MAP 14. Advance Directives and Hospice Care: Cost Savers at the End15. Conspicuous Metabolism: Life Support and Life Extension as Luxury Goods; 16. Solidarity, Mortality: The Tolling Bell of Civic Palliative Care; Conclusion: A Letter from a Fellow Traveler; Afterword; Bibliography; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Altri titoli varianti |
Our Changing Journey to the End [2 Volumes]
Our changing journey to the end |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829103403321 |
Staudt Christina | ||
Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|