Full Description
In this updated edition, the authors examine the issues of death and dying as a continuum, from death education and care of the dying to grief and bereavement. It is a multidisciplinary guide to the important issues surrounding dying and bereavement in today's health care and social environment. Nurses, social workers, physicians, mental health workers, and allied health professionals will find this a valuable resource for working with dying individuals and their families. New features to this edition are the personal stories introducing each section, and a chapter on physical therapy with the dying. The contributors include Hannelore Wass, Charles Corr, Phyllis Silverman, and Derek Doyle.
Contents
Part 1 The challenge of understanding death: artists; communicating about death and dying; death education for children; death education for adults; respecting the spirituality of the dying and bereaved. Part 2 The challenge of dying: the struggle to end my father's life; dying in the hospital; dying at home; listening to the stories of those near death - the Hermes listener; symptom management of the terminally ill; hospice and palliative care - a legacy in the making; regulatory issues in the care of the dying. Part 3 The challenges of grief and bereavement: I don't know how to grieve; the bereavement process - loss, grief and recovery; social support and mutual help for the bereaved; helping children during bereavement; sibling bereavement research; loss of a pet. Part 4 Related issues: take me home; the role of the social worker; the role of the physical therapist; thanatology - its end and future (with special reference to euthanasia); the future of palliative care. Part 5 In conclusion: reprise.
