Health Reference Series: Death and Dying Sourcebook
Health Reference Series: Death and Dying Sourcebook
Editor: Williams, Angela L.
Publication Year: 2020
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Single-User Purchase Price:
$95.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$142.50
ISBN: 978-1-78785-650-9
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
Image Count:
24
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Death and Dying Sourcebook, Fourth Edition provides information about end-of-life perspectives and the medical management of symptoms that can occur as death draws near.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I: End-of-Life Perspectives
- Chapter 1—Providing Care and Comfort at the End of Life
- Chapter 2—Making End-of-Life Healthcare Decisions
- Chapter 3—Cultural Response to Death
- Chapter 4—Spirituality in End-of-Life Care
- Chapter 5—Chronic Illness in Old Age
- Chapter 6—Fact Sheet on End of Life
- Chapter 7—Research Findings about End-of-Life Care and Outcomes
- Part II: Medical Management of End-of-Life Symptoms
- Chapter 8—Palliative Care
- Chapter 9—Chronic Illnesses and End-of-Life Care
- Chapter 10—Pain Management and Assessment
- Chapter 11—Managing and Treating Fatigue
- Chapter 12—Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Chapter 13—Artificial Hydration and Nutrition
- Chapter 14—Nutrition in Cancer Care
- Chapter 15—Delirium
- Part III: Medical Decisions Surrounding the End of Life
- Chapter 16—Preferences for Care at the End of Life
- Chapter 17—End-of-Life Care for Dementia
- Chapter 18—End-of-Life Care for Advanced Cancer
- Chapter 19—HIV/AIDS and End-of-Life Issues
- Chapter 20—Ethics and Legal Issues in Palliative Care
- Chapter 21—Last Days of Life
- Chapter 22—Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatments
- Chapter 23—Organ Donation of the Deceased and Transplantation
- Chapter 24—Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
- Part IV: End-of-Life Care Facilities
- Chapter 25—Long-Term Care
- Chapter 26—Home Care for Critically Ill Patients
- Chapter 27—Palliative Care and Hospice Care: Comforting the Terminally Ill
- Chapter 28—End-of-Life Care Settings
- Chapter 29—Insurance for End-of-Life Care
- Part V: End-of-Life Caregiving
- Chapter 30—Communications among Patients, Families, and Providers
- Chapter 31—Long-Distance Caregiving
- Chapter 32—Take Care of Yourself While Caring for Others
- Chapter 33—Things to Look out for as Death Approaches
- Chapter 34—What to Do When Death Occurs
- Part VI: Death and Children: Information for Parents
- Chapter 35—When a Child Has Cancer
- Chapter 36—Pediatric Palliative Care
- Chapter 37—Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Chapter 38—Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Infant Death
- Chapter 39—Helping Children Cope with Death
- Chapter 40—Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network
- Part VII: Legal and Economic Issues at the End of Life
- Chapter 41—Getting Your Affairs in Order
- Chapter 42—Patients’ Rights
- Chapter 43—Advance Directives
- Chapter 44—Financial Assistance for Long-Term or End-of-Life Care
- Chapter 45—Social Security Benefits
- Chapter 46—Duties of a Personal Representative (Executor)
- Chapter 47—Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Part VIII: Final Arrangements
- Chapter 48—Funeral Services: An Overview
- Chapter 49—Planning a Funeral
- Chapter 50—Military Funeral Planning
- Chapter 51—Cremation Explained
- Chapter 52—Medical Certification of Death
- Chapter 53—If Death Occurs While Traveling
- Chapter 54—Grief, Bereavement, and Coping with Loss
- Chapter 55—Mourning the Death of a Spouse
- Part IX: Mortality Statistics
- Chapter 56—Life Expectancy: Global Trends
- Chapter 57—Mortality Trends in the United States
- Chapter 58—Leading Causes of Death in the United States
- Chapter 59—Life Expectancy at Birth
- Chapter 60—Infant and Maternal Mortality Trends and Disparities
- Chapter 61—Work-Related Fatalities
- Chapter 62—Childhood Risk of Injury-Related Death
- Chapter 63—Suicide Facts and Statistics
- Chapter 64—Alcohol-Attributable Deaths
- Chapter 65—Deaths from Stroke
- Part X: Additional Help and Information
- Chapter 66—Glossary of End-of-Life Terms
- Chapter 67—Support Groups for End-of-Life Issues
- Chapter 68—Resources for Information about Death and Dying