Joan K Parry, Carlton Munson

Negotiating a Good Death (eBook, ePUB)

Euthanasia in the Netherlands

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, Second Edition, provides insight and guidance to those in the helping professions who deal with dying persons and survivors. Whether applied in the hospital, hospice, or home, the ideas and techniques shared in this book can help patients and their loved ones cope with the stress of terminal illness, the dying process, and grieving processes.

This updated second edition contains more information relating to HIV/AIDS, and new information on traumatic death from any cause and parental grief.

To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317789109
• Artikelnr.: 44477625

Autorenporträt

Joan K Parry

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
* Preface
* Chapter 1. Current Situation
* Attitudes Toward Death
* Effects of Institutionalization
* Institutional Characteristics
* Model of Care for the Terminally Ill
* The Hospice Movement
* Social Workers and Terminal Illness
* Summary
* Chapter 2. Defining Terminal Illness
* Coping Patterns of the Terminally Ill
* Models of the Dying Trajectory
* Case Histories
* Models of the Dying Process
* Theoretical Framework for Working with Dying Patients
* Summary
* Chapter 3. Working with the Interdisciplinary Team
* Members of the Team
* Origins of the Interdisciplinary Team Concept
* Introduction of Team Concept to Acute Care Hospital
* The Hospital Interdisciplinary Team
* Hospice As a Self-Help Concept
* Summary
* Chapter 4. Working with the Patient and Family
* The Social Worker
* The Patient and Family As a Unit of Care
* Applying the Hospice Concept in the Hospital and Skilled Nursing
Facility
* Summary
* Chapter 5. Grief: Working with the Survivors
* Defining Grief
* The Risks to Survivors
* Experiencing Loss
* Social Work Issues
* Prevention
* Counseling Survivors
* Pathological Grief
* Summary
* Chapter 6. Transitions and Reflections
* Transitions
* Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Dying, Living Wills, and Patients'
Rights
* Recent Medical Interventions of the Latter Part of the Twentieth
Century
* Reflections and Possibilities
* Conclusion
* Bibliography
* Index
* Reference Notes Included