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    Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making / editors, Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, Patricia L. Blanchette.

    • Title:Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making / editors, Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, Patricia L. Blanchette.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Braun, Kathryn L.
      Pietsch, James H.
      Blanchette, Patricia L.
    • Published/Created:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2000.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Death--Social aspects--United States.
      Terminal care--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
      Minorities--Medical care--United States.
    • Medical Subjects: Attitude to Death--ethnology.
      Right to Die.
      Advance Directives--ethnology.
      Cultural Diversity.
      Ethics, Medical.
      Religion and Medicine.
      United States--ethnology.
    • Description:xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
    • Summary:Questions that face dying individuals, their families, and the professionals that help them at the end of their lives 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.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0761912169 (alk. paper)
      9780761912163 (alk. paper)
      0761912177 (alk. paper)
      9780761912170 (alk. paper)
    • Contents:An introduction to culture and its influence on end-of-life decision making / Kathryn L. Braun, James H. Pietsch, and Patricia L. Blanchette
      The medical, legal, and ethical context of death and dying. Physical aspects of dying / Julie A. Patterson Fago
      Cognitive changes that affect capacity and end-of-life decisions / Ronald A. Martino
      Autonomy, advance directives, and the patient self-determination act / James H. Pietsch and Kathryn L. Braun
      Ethical considerations and court involvement in end-of-life decision making / Marshall B. Kapp
      Ethnic perspectives on end-of-life decision making. Cultural and religious issues for African Americans / Charles P. Mouton
      Advance directives and end-of-life care : the Hispanic perspective / Melissa A. Talamantes, Celina Gomez, and Kathryn L. Braun
      Cultural issues in end-of-life decision making among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States / Gwen Yeo and Nancy Hikoyeda
      End-of-life decision making in American Indian and Alaska native cultures / Nancy Westlake Van Winkle
      Religious perspectives on end-of-life decision making. Christian perspectives on end-of-life decision making : faith in a community / Mary Rowell
      Catholic perspectives on euthanasia and assisted suicide : the human person and the quest for meaning / Marc R. Alexander
      Jewish perspectives on end-of-life decision making / William Kavesh
      Muslim perspectives regarding death, dying, and end-of-life decision making / Hamid Abdul Hai and Asad Husain
      Buddhist issues in end-of-life decision making / Ronald Y. Nakasone
      End-of-life issues in institutional cultures and for special populations. Issues in end-of-life decision making in the hospital and nursing home culture / Charon A. Pierson
      End-of-life issues in the military culture / Patricia W. Nishimoto and Ross E. Newmann
      End-of-life issues in the HIV/AIDS community / Russel Ogden
      End-of-life issues : a disabilities perspective / Tom Koch
      Talking to patients about death and dying : improving communication across cultures / Shari L. Kogan, Patricia L. Blanchette, and Kamal Masaki.
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