| Description |
xiv, 321 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part One: Life And Death -- Introduction -- Death in Staithes - David Clark -- Death Denied - Philippe Ari[gr]es -- Not Going Gently - David Widgery -- Death in Ireland - Rosemary Power -- Death, Wakes and Funerals in Contemporary Irish Society -- Approaches to Death in Hindu and Sikh Communities in Britain - Shirley Firth -- Modern Death - Tony Walter -- Taboo or Not Taboo? -- Demographic Change and the Care of the Dying, 1969-1987 - Clive Seale -- Health Policy and Services for Dying People and their Carers - Christina R Victor -- Sudden Death from Suicide - Stella Ridley -- Contemporary Representations of ̀Good' and ̀Bad' Death - Mary Bradbury -- Little Henry; Or, God Will Take Care of Me - H M Benson -- The Dream - TRS -- Death Be Not Proud - John Donne -- Aubade - Philip Larkin -- Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night - Dylan Thomas -- The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran -- Doctor's Mask on Pain - Jane Martin -- The First Day - Mary Benjamin -- Death and the Meaning of Life - Leo Tolstoy -- Part Two: Preparing For Death -- Introduction -- My Husband the Stranger - Elizabeth Forsythe -- Tell Me a Riddle - Tillie Olsen -- Learning the Hard Way - Clare Williams -- Professionalism and Paternalism - Dennis F Thompson -- Paternalism and Moral Deficiency - R S Downie and K C Calman -- The Nurse's Dilemma - Basiro Davey -- Truth-Telling or Big White Lies? -- Professional Liars - Alan Ryan -- Organ Transplants - David Lamb -- Dying to Help - Martyn Evans -- Moral Questions in Organ Procurement -- The Living Will in Clinical Practice - Ursula Gallagher -- Euthanasia in the Netherlands - Henk ten Have -- Assisted Death - Institute of Medical Ethics Working Party on the Ethics of Prolonging Life and Assisting Death -- Assisted Death - Robert G Twycross -- A Reply -- A Student's Story - Anonymous -- Why Do Doctors and Nurses Disagree? - Gwen Adshead and Donna Dickenson -- Part Three: Caring For Dying People -- Introduction -- Breaking Bad News - Robert Buckman -- Why Is It Still So Difficult? -- Communicating with Cancer Patients - Peter Maguire and Ann Faulkner -- 1. Handling Bad News and Difficult Questions -- Communicating with Cancer Patients - Peter Maguire and Ann Faulkner -- 2. Handling Uncertainty, Collusion and Denial -- Communicating with Dying Children - Dorothy Judd -- Jewish Perspectives on Dying, Death and Bereavement - Jeanne Samson Katz -- Complementary Medicine - Its Place in the Care of Dying People - Patrick C Pietroni -- Dying Trajectories, The Organization of Work and the Expectations of Dying - Anselm Strauss -- Spiritual Care of Dying People - Alyson Peberdy -- Sitting It Out - Elizabeth Dean -- A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir -- A Way to Die - Rosemary and Victor Zorza -- Caring for Mother - Sue Leifer -- Part Four: Bereavement: Private Grief, Collective Responsibility -- Introduction -- Bereavement as a Psychosocial Transition - Colin Murray Parkes -- Processes of Adaptation to Change -- The Social Distribution of Sentiments - Lindsay Prior -- Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Bereavement - Shirley Firth -- Psychological Defence Mechanisms and Coping Strategies - Stella Ridley -- When Life Moves On - George Castledine -- I Desperately Needed to See My Son - Sheila Awooner-Renner -- A Single Parent Confronting the Loss of an Only Child - Evelyn Gillis -- Epitaph of Libby Dickinson, 1798-1818 - Anonymous -- Care of the Suddenly Bereaved - D W Yates, G Ellison and S McGuinness -- The Loss of a Baby - Nancy Kohner -- Parents' Needs and Professional Practice After Early Loss -- When a Baby Dies - A Father's View - Gavin Fairbairn -- Gay and Lesbian Bereavement - Dudley Cave -- The Grief that Does Not Speak - Maureen Oswin -- Personal and Medical Memories from Hillsborough - Tom Heller -- Ruth - Lesley Moreland -- Death by Murder -- Essays Upon Epitaphs - William Wordsworth -- For Rose Albert (26 June 1895-19 May 1988) - Ellen Jaffe Bitz -- How to Live with Ghosts - Ellen Jaffe Bitz -- December - Douglas Dunn |
| Summary |
Diploma in Health & Social Welfare |
| Analysis |
Humans Death |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bereavement.
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Death -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Death -- Social aspects.
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Medical ethics -- Great Britain.
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Terminal care -- Great Britain.
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Terminally ill -- Care -- Great Britain.
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Thanatology.
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Death.
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Bereavement.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Social Conditions.
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Terminal Care.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
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United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
| Author |
Dickenson, Donna.
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Johnson, Malcolm L.
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| LC no. |
92050904 |
| ISBN |
080398796X |
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0803987978 (paperback) |
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