Finding Dignity at the End of Life

A Spiritual Reflection on Palliative Care
Herausgeber: Benton, Kathleen D; Pegoraro, Renzo

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Produktbeschreibung

Finding Dignity at the End of Life discusses the need for palliative care as a human right and explores a whole-person methodology for use in treatment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367206598
• ISBN-10: 0367206595
• Artikelnr.: 60000357

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Benton is president and CEO for Hospice Savannah, Inc. She is an experienced clinical ethics and palliative care director with a history of working in the hospital and healthcare industry. Renzo Pegoraro is a doctor, moral theologian, and bioethicist. He is chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life and professor of bioethics at the Faculty of Theology, University of Padua.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. 1. Defining Death Through Individual-Level Determinants Denisha
Allicock, Kathleen Benton, Sara Plaspohl 2. Finding Dignity at the End of
Life Through Palliative Care Everywhere Srivieng Pairojkul 3. Cultural
Factors Enriching Palliative Care in the Middle East Azar Naveen Saleem and
Azza Adel Hassan 4. A Jewish Understanding of Palliative Care Nadia
Siritsky 5. Palliative Care: The Hindu Perspective Vidya Viswanath and
Seema Rajesh Rao 6. Palliative Care: A Christian Perspective Mark E. Murphy
7. A Nontraditional Spirituality Perspective on Palliative Care and End of
Life Denise C. ThompsonPart II. 8. Pain, Suffering, and Palliative Sedation
Carlo Casalone 9. Compassionate Presence: The Accompaniment of Patients and
Families in the Midst of Their Suffering Christina Puchalski 10.
Evidenced-based Communication in the Palliative Conversation Kimberson
Tanco and Eduardo Bruera 11. Holy Name Meditation: A Spiritual Intervention
to Conserve Dignity of Patients and Nurses Sr. Jinsun Yong and Hun Lee 12.
Disclosure of Diagnosis to Patients Emmanuel Luyirika Part III. 13.
Challenges to Dignity from Medically Assisted Death Nuala Patricia Kenny
14. Health Policy Considerations for Spiritual Care in the United States
Howard K. Koh and Eric Coles 15. Pediatrics and Aging: Palliative Care
Franca Benini and Ferdinando Cancelli 16. International Palliative Care
Advocacy Katherine Irene Pettus 17. Dignity Redefined: Mindfulness in
Suffering Kathleen Benton, Ursula Bates, David Shannon, Michael DeLoach,
Julia DeLoach 18. Conclusion Renzo Pegoraro