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.

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