Hospice U.S.A.
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Hospice U.S.A.

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Hospice U.S.A.

About this book

Surveys the past history and contemporary status of the hospice movement in the United States and speculates on its future.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgment
  4. Part I. The Hospice Movement: Past and Present
  5. 1. The Hospice: Its Changes Through Time
  6. 2. The Hospice Movement and the Acceptance of Death
  7. 3. The Hospice Community as Reform
  8. 4. The Politics of Expanding Hospice Care
  9. 5. The Hospice Movement: A Management Perspective
  10. Part II. Ethical and Human Issues in Terminal Care
  11. 6. A Right to Die?
  12. 7. Humanistic Care of the Dying
  13. 8. Death with Dignity
  14. 9. Patient Rights and Responsibilities in Irreversible Disease
  15. 10. The Right to Choose a Place to Die
  16. Part III. Hospice Caregiving
  17. 11. Hospice Care: A Better Way of Caring for the Living
  18. 12. Relating to the Dying: A Philosophy of Continuing Care
  19. 13. Preserving Personhood, Sexuality, and Privacy Among the Chronically 111 and Dying
  20. 14. Humor and Laughter—Their Role in Improving the Quality of Life and of Care
  21. Part IV. Helping the Dying: Caregiver Approaches
  22. 15. A Nursing Perspective on Patient Care
  23. 16. Spiritual Care of the Dying Person
  24. 17. Death Is Not All at Once... Living Is Day by Day
  25. 18. The Role of a Clinical Psychologist
  26. 19. Group Therapy for Life Enrichment
  27. 20. The Senior Citizen as a Hospice Volunteer
  28. Part V. Patients and Illnesses
  29. 21. Helping Preterminal and Terminal Cancer Patients Function Within the Community
  30. 22. Caring for the Patient with Pulmonary Emphysema
  31. 23. Illness Factors in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)— A Neuromuscular Disease
  32. Part VI. Alternatives to In-Hospice Care
  33. 24. Some Questions About Hospice Development
  34. 25. A Physical Alternative to the Hospice
  35. 26. A Psychiatric Setting and Total Care
  36. 27. Caring for the Terminally III: The Story of an American Hospital
  37. 28. Integrating Care for the Terminally 111 Within a Comprehensive Geriatric Center
  38. 29. Dying and Death of a Hospice in a Tertiary Hospital: Case History
  39. 30. Hospice Home Care
  40. 31. Problems of Terminal Care: Behavior Approaches and Environment Stimulation
  41. Part VII. A Look to the Future
  42. 32. Health in the 1980s:Toward Optimum Human Existence
  43. 33. Relating Medicine to Education—A Curriculum Outline
  44. 34. Patient Support in the Twenty-First Century
  45. Index
  46. Contributors