Negotiating a Good Death
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-1083-4 (ISBN)
the interdisciplinary health team
the grieving process
professional burnout
how social workers adapt to working with dying patients
euthanasia and physician-assisted dying
living wills and patients’rights
In touching case studies, this volume illustrates the particular needs and concerns of the terminally ill and their families--impending losses, financial worries, job concerns, pain, unfinished business, and spiritual needs--and reviews successful interventions used by social workers to help patients and their families work through the dying process.
Joan K Parry
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Current Situation
Attitudes Toward Death
Effects of Institutionalization
Institutional Characteristics
Model of Care for the Terminally Ill
The Hospice Movement
Social Workers and Terminal Illness
Summary
Chapter 2. Defining Terminal Illness
Coping Patterns of the Terminally Ill
Models of the Dying Trajectory
Case Histories
Models of the Dying Process
Theoretical Framework for Working with Dying Patients
Summary
Chapter 3. Working with the Interdisciplinary Team
Members of the Team
Origins of the Interdisciplinary Team Concept
Introduction of Team Concept to Acute Care Hospital
The Hospital Interdisciplinary Team
Hospice As a Self-Help Concept
Summary
Chapter 4. Working with the Patient and Family
The Social Worker
The Patient and Family As a Unit of Care
Applying the Hospice Concept in the Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility
Summary
Chapter 5. Grief: Working with the Survivors
Defining Grief
The Risks to Survivors
Experiencing Loss
Social Work Issues
Prevention
Counseling Survivors
Pathological Grief
Summary
Chapter 6. Transitions and Reflections
Transitions
Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Dying, Living Wills, and Patients' Rights
Recent Medical Interventions of the Latter Part of the Twentieth Century
Reflections and Possibilities
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Reference Notes Included
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.12.2000 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 272 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7890-1083-6 / 0789010836 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7890-1083-4 / 9780789010834 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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