Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 20 (2000) : Focus on the End of Life--Scientific and Social Issues.

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 as it nears death, planning and preparation for death, and care and inter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lawton, M. Powell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2000.
Temas:
Advance directives (Medical care)
Death > Social aspects.
Hospice care.
Right to die.
Terminal care.
Living wills.
Advance Directives
Advance Care Planning
Living Wills
Hospice Care
Terminal Care
Right to Die
Testament biologique.
Mort > Aspect social.
Soins en phase terminale.
Droit à la mort.
Living wills
Death > Social aspects
Hospice care
Right to die
Terminal care
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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