Finding dignity at the end of life a spiritual reflection on palliative care /
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. The book examines the concept of palliative care as a holistic human right from the perspective of multiple aspects of faith, ideology, culture, an...
| Other Authors: | Benton, Kathleen,, Pegoraro, Renzo, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2021.
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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| Summary: |
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. The book examines the concept of palliative care as a holistic human right from the perspective of multiple aspects of faith, ideology, culture, and nationality. Integrating a humanities-based approach, chapters provide detailed discussions of spirituality, suffering, and healing from scholars from around the world. Within each chapter, the authors address a different cultural and religious focus by examining how this topic relates to questions of inherent dignity, both ethically and theologically, and how different spiritual lenses may inform our interpretation of medical outcomes. Mental health practitioners, allied professionals, and theologians will find this a useful and reflective guide to palliative care and its connection to faith, spirituality, and culture. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Part 1. Religion, Spirituality, and Palliative Care : -- 1. Defining death through individual-level determinants / Denisha Allicock, Kathleen Benton, and Sara Plaspohl -- 2. Finding dignity at the end of life through palliative care everywhere : a spiritual reflection on a clinical area / 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 : reclaiming the healing process / Rabbi Nadia Siritsky -- 5. Palliative care : a 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. Thompson -- Part 2. Palliative Care and Presence : -- 8. Pain, suffering, and palliative sedation / Carlo Casalone -- 9. Compassionate presence : the accompaniment of patients and families in the midst of their suffering / Christina M. Puchalski -- 10. Evidence-based communication in the palliative conversation : ways of restoring dignity by simple actions / Kimberson Tanco and Eduardo Bruera -- 11. Holy name meditation : a spiritual intervention to conserve the dignity of patients and nurses / Jinsun Yong and Hun Lee -- 12. Disclosure of diagnosis to patients : the casualty of incomplete health setups for palliative care / Emmanuel Luyirika -- Part 3. New Direction on Palliative Care : -- 13. Challenges to dignity from medically assisted death : lessons from Canada / Sister 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 : spiritual and secular ethics / Katherin Pettus -- 17. Dignity redefined : mindfulness in suffering / Kathleen Benton, Ursula Bates, and David Shannon ; with Michael Deloach and Julia Deloach -- Conclusions / Renzo Pegoraro. 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. The book examines the concept of palliative care as a holistic human right from the perspective of multiple aspects of faith, ideology, culture, and nationality. Integrating a humanities-based approach, chapters provide detailed discussions of spirituality, suffering, and healing from scholars from around the world. Within each chapter, the authors address a different cultural and religious focus by examining how this topic relates to questions of inherent dignity, both ethically and theologically, and how different spiritual lenses may inform our interpretation of medical outcomes. Mental health practitioners, allied professionals, and theologians will find this a useful and reflective guide to palliative care and its connection to faith, spirituality, and culture. |
| Physical Description: |
xv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780367206598 0367206595 9780367206581 0367206587 |