Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement write by Cynthia A. Peveto, PhD. This book was released on 2004-11-18. Cultural Changes in Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Bereavement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. By comparing the findings from Kalish's and Reynolds's landmark 1970's Death and Ethnicity Study to their own present study, Hayslip and Peveto examine the impact of cultural change on death attitudes. With a focus on African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American subpopulations, with Caucasians treated as a comparison group, the authors come to several conclusions, including: the shift toward more interest in being informed of one's own terminal prognosis a more personal approach to funerals and mourning observances a greater focus on family and relationships
Bereavement
Bereavement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bereavement write by Institute of Medicine. This book was released on 1984-02-01. Bereavement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The book is well organized, well detailed, and well referenced; it is an invaluable sourcebook for researchers and clinicians working in the area of bereavement. For those with limited knowledge about bereavement, this volume provides an excellent introduction to the field and should be of use to students as well as to professionals," states Contemporary Psychology. The Lancet comments that this book "makes good and compelling reading....It was mandated to address three questions: what is known about the health consequences of bereavement; what further research would be important and promising; and whether there are preventive interventions that should either be widely adopted or further tested to evaluate their efficacy. The writers have fulfilled this mandate well."
Approaching Death
Approaching Death - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Approaching Death write by Committee on Care at the End of Life. This book was released on 1997-10-30. Approaching Death available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."
Death Across Cultures
Death Across Cultures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death Across Cultures write by Helaine Selin. This book was released on 2019-07-01. Death Across Cultures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Death Across Cultures: Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures, explores death practices and beliefs, before and after death, around the non-Western world. It includes chapters on countries in Africa, Asia, South America, as well as indigenous people in Australia and North America. These chapters address changes in death rituals and beliefs, medicalization and the industry of death, and the different ways cultures mediate the impacts of modernity. Comparative studies with the west and among countries are included. This book brings together global research conducted by anthropologists, social scientists and scholars who work closely with individuals from the cultures they are writing about.
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death and Bereavement Across Cultures write by Pittu Laungani. This book was released on 2003-09-02. Death and Bereavement Across Cultures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and though science has had a major impact on views of death, it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many who come into contact with the dying and the bereaved from other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support. Death and Bereavement Across Cultures, provides a handbook with which to meet the needs of doctors, nurses, social workers, counsellors and others involved in the care of the dying and bereaved. Written by international authorities in the field, this important text: * describes the rituals and beliefs of major world religions * explains their psychological and historical context * shows how customs change on contact with the West * considers the implications for the future This book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of increasing the understanding which we all bring to the issue of death.
