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 |
| Published: |
New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2021.
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.