Hospice U.S.A. /

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Abrams, Ruth D. (Contribuidor), Anderson, James G. (Contribuidor), Anderson, Joan E. (Contribuidor), Bickerman, Hylan A. (Contribuidor), Blackstein, Martin (Contribuidor), Buckingham, Robert W. (Contribuidor), Carr, Arthur C. (Contribuidor), Chan, Lo-Yi (Contribuidor), Cimino, James E. (Contribuidor), Colerick, Elizabeth J. (Contribuidor), Debellis, Robert (Editor ), Deeken, Alfons (Contribuidor), Filicky-Peneski, Roberta (Contribuidor), Finn, William F. (Contribuidor), Gray-Tof, Pamela (Contribuidor), Hale, Mahlon S. (Editor ), Hare, John E. (Contribuidor), Harris, Audrey G. (Contribuidor), Jaffe, Russell (Contribuidor), Klagsbrun, Samuel C. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kutscher, Austin H. (Editor ), Kutscher, Lillian G., Liegner, Leonard M. (Contribuidor), Liss-Levinson, William (Contribuidor), Malafronte, Donald (Contribuidor), Martin, Ellen (Contribuidor), Martorell, Luis F. (Contribuidor), McMahon, Sharon (Contribuidor), Metz, Richard A. (Contribuidor), Moller, David W. (Contribuidor), Moss, Steven A. (Contribuidor), Pratt, Dean B. (Contribuidor), Proulx, Joseph R. (Contribuidor), Regelson, William (Contribuidor), Romano, Mary (Contribuidor), Seguine, Arlene (Contribuidor), Seplowin, Virginia Montero (Contribuidor), Seravalli, Egilde (Contribuidor), Tallmer, Margot (Editor ), Torpie, Richard J. (Editor ), Wald, Florence S. (Contribuidor), Wald, Henry J. (Contribuidor), Wasserman, Eleanor (Contribuidor), West, Brian (Contribuidor), Wilson, Peter G. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1983]
Temas:
MEDICAL / Terminal Care.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment
  • Part I. The Hospice Movement: Past and Present
  • 1. The Hospice: Its Changes Through Time
  • 2. The Hospice Movement and the Acceptance of Death
  • 3. The Hospice Community as Reform
  • 4. The Politics of Expanding Hospice Care
  • 5. The Hospice Movement: A Management Perspective
  • Part II. Ethical and Human Issues in Terminal Care
  • 6. A Right to Die?
  • 7. Humanistic Care of the Dying
  • 8. Death with Dignity
  • 9. Patient Rights and Responsibilities in Irreversible Disease
  • 10. The Right to Choose a Place to Die
  • Part III. Hospice Caregiving
  • 11. Hospice Care: A Better Way of Caring for the Living
  • 12. Relating to the Dying: A Philosophy of Continuing Care
  • 13. Preserving Personhood, Sexuality, and Privacy Among the Chronically 111 and Dying
  • 14. Humor and Laughter-Their Role in Improving the Quality of Life and of Care
  • Part IV. Helping the Dying: Caregiver Approaches
  • 15. A Nursing Perspective on Patient Care
  • 16. Spiritual Care of the Dying Person
  • 17. Death Is Not All at Once... Living Is Day by Day
  • 18. The Role of a Clinical Psychologist
  • 19. Group Therapy for Life Enrichment
  • 20. The Senior Citizen as a Hospice Volunteer
  • Part V. Patients and Illnesses
  • 21. Helping Preterminal and Terminal Cancer Patients Function Within the Community
  • 22. Caring for the Patient with Pulmonary Emphysema
  • 23. Illness Factors in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)- A Neuromuscular Disease
  • Part VI. Alternatives to In-Hospice Care
  • 24. Some Questions About Hospice Development
  • 25. A Physical Alternative to the Hospice
  • 26. A Psychiatric Setting and Total Care
  • 27. Caring for the Terminally III: The Story of an American Hospital
  • 28. Integrating Care for the Terminally 111 Within a Comprehensive Geriatric Center
  • 29. Dying and Death of a Hospice in a Tertiary Hospital: Case History
  • 30. Hospice Home Care
  • 31. Problems of Terminal Care: Behavior Approaches and Environment Stimulation
  • Part VII. A Look to the Future
  • 32. Health in the 1980s:Toward Optimum Human Existence
  • 33. Relating Medicine to Education-A Curriculum Outline
  • 34. Patient Support in the Twenty-First Century
  • Index
  • Contributors

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