Dealing with death : a handbook of practices, procedures and law /

'This handbook forms a very comprehensive study of dealing with death, which will be of use to all those involved in end of life care.'. - Lucy Sutton, National Council for Palliative Care. Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, Jennifer, 1938 May 2-
Otros Autores: Green, Michael, 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2006.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Death.
Psychology.
Religion.
Death
Mortuary Practice > legislation & jurisprudence
Religion
Psychology
Mort.
Psychologie.
deaths.
psychology.
religion (discipline)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
United Kingdom
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Dealing with Death: A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law: Second Edition
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • A NOTE ON THE TEXT
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • Part 1. Legal and Technical Aspects
  • Chapter 1. Customs and Laws
  • Chapter 2. Medical Certification of Cause of Death
  • Chapter 3. Registration of Death
  • Chapter 4. Coroners and Coroner's Inquiries
  • Chapter 5. Fetal Loss, Stillbirth, Neonatal Death and Sudden Death in Infancy
  • Chapter 6. The Autopsy and Mortuary Practice
  • Chapter 7. Funeral Direction and Disposal by Burial
  • Chapter 8. Disposal by Cremation
  • Chapter 9. Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation
  • Chapter 10. The Law and Practice of Exhumation
  • Part 2: Considerations for the Living, Care of the Dying, and Death with Dignity
  • Chapter 12. Palliative Care
  • Chapter 13. Medico-legal Issues at the End of Life
  • Chapter 14. Last Offices
  • Chapter 15. Bereavement
  • Chapter 16. The Control of Infection in Life and in Death
  • Part 3: Religious, Ethnic and Cultural Aspects of Dying and Death
  • Chapter 17. Christianity and the Sacraments
  • Chapter 18. The Anglican Church (The Church in Wales, the Church in Ireland, the Episcopalian Church in Scotland)
  • Chapter 19. The Roman Catholic Church
  • Chapter 20. Free Churches and Other Churches
  • Chapter 21. Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Chapter 22. The Mormon Church
  • Chapter 23. Christian Science
  • Chapter 24. The African-Caribbean Community
  • Chapter 25. Rastafarianism
  • Chapter 26. The Jewish Faith
  • Chapter 27. Buddhism
  • Chapter 28 The Baha'i Faith
  • Chapter 29. Islam
  • Chapter 30. Hinduism
  • Chapter 31. Sikhism
  • Chapter 32. Zoroastrians (Parsees)
  • Chapter 33. The Chinese Community
  • Chapter 34. The Japanese Community
  • Chapter 35. HIV/AIDS
  • APPENDIX A. ORGANISATIONS WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER HELP WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF DYING AND DEATH
  • APPENDIX B. SOURCES OF ADVICE ON FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
  • APPENDIX C. FURTHER READING
  • SUBJECT INDEX
  • AUTHOR INDEX
  • Last Page.

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