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Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making

Edited by:

Kathryn L. Braun - University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA
James H. Pietsch - University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA
Patricia L. Blanchette - University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA

Other Titles in:
Geriatric Medicine | Health Care and Aging (General) | Legal/Ethical Issues in Social Work

January 2000 | 368 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Description
Contents

Questions that face dying individuals, their families, and the professionals that help them at the end of their lifes are explored in this volume.

The contributors help the reader to come to terms with issues of mortality complicated by the diversity of cultures within society.

J. Lynn

Preface

Acknowledgments

K.L. Braun, J.H. Pietsch, & P.L. Blanchette

1. An Introduction to Culture and Its Influence on End-of-Life Decision-Making

PART ONE: THE MEDICAL, LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONTEXT OF DEATH AND DYING

J.A. Patterson Fago

2. Physical Aspects of Dying

R.A. Martino

3. Cognitive Changes That Affect Capacity and End-of-Life Decisions

J.H. Pietsch & K.L. Braun

4. Autonomy, Advance Directives, and the Patient Self-Determination Act

M.B. Kapp

5. Ethical Considerations and Court Involvement in End-of-Life Decision-Making

PART TWO: ETHNIC PERSPECTIVES AND END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING

C.P. Mouton

6. Cultural and Religious Issues for African Americans

M.A. Talamantes, C.Gomez, & K.L. Braun

7. Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care: The Hispanic Perspective

G.Yeo & H. Nikoyeda

8. Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making among Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States

N.W. Van Winkle

9. End-of-Life Decision Making in American Indian and Alaska Native Cultures

PART THREE: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING

M. Rowell

10. Christian Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making: Faith in a Communtiy

M.R. Alexander

11. Catholic Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: The Human Person and the Quest for Meaning

12. Jewish Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making

W. Kavesh

H.A. Hai & A. Husain

13. Muslim Perspectives Regarding Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Decision Making

R.Y. Nakasone

14. Buddhist Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making

PART FOUR: END-OF-LIFE ISSUES IN INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES AND FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

C.A. Pierson

15. Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making in the Hospital and Nursing Home Culture

P.W. Nishimoto & R.E. Newman

16. End-of-Life Issues in the Military Culture

R. Ogden

17. End-of-Life Issues in the HIV/AIDS Community

T. Koch

18. End-of-Life Issues: A Disabilitites Perspective

S.L. Kogan, P.L. Blanchette, & K. Masaki

19. Talking to Patients About Death and Dying: Improving Communication Across Cultures

Author Index

Subject Index

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