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1 online resource |
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SUNY series in religious studies |
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SUNY series in religious studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cicely Saunders and the development of hospice palliative care / Michael Wright, David Clark -- "Like a ripe fruit separating effortlessly from its vine": religious understandings of a good death: Hinduism / Anantanand Rambachan -- Welcoming an old friend: Buddhist perspectives on good death / Anne Bruce -- Muslim perspectives on a good death in hospice and end-of-life care / Earle Waugh -- Tradition and change in Jewish ideals regarding a "good" death / Norman Ravvin -- Dying well in Christianity / Janet Soskice -- Chinese religions and hospice care / Edwin C. Hui, Danny C. Leung -- Buddhist hospice care in Thailand / Robert Florida, Pinit Ratanakul -- The Ugandan way of living and dying / Michael L. Hadley, Godfrey Agupio -- Punjabi extended family hospice care / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar -- Seeking physical, cultural, ethical, and spiritual "safe space" for a "good death": the experience of indigenous peoples in accessing hospice care / Joseph M. Kaufert [and others] -- Caring for children in hospice and palliative care: the spiritual/religious dimension / Betty Davies, Thomas Attig -- Interfaith chaplaincy in hospice palliative care / Kelli I. Stajduhar, Coby Tschanz. |
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Print version record. |
| Language |
English. |
| Summary |
Winner of the 2012 AJN (American Journal of Nursing) Book of the Year Award in the Hospice and Palliative Care categoryIn the 1960s, English physician and committed Christian Cicely Saunders introduced a new way of treating the terminally ill that she called "hospice care." Emphasizing a holistic and compassionate approach, her model led to the rapid growth of a worldwide hospice movement. Aspects of the early hospice model that stressed attention to the religious dimensions of death and dying, while still recognized and practiced, have developed outside the purview of academic inquiry and consideration. Meanwhile, global migration and multicultural diversification in the West have dramatically altered the profile of contemporary hospice care. In response to these developments, this volume is the first to critically explore how religious understandings of death are manifested and experienced in palliative care settings.Contributors discuss how a "good death" is conceived within the major religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese religion, and Aboriginal spirituality. A variety of real-world examples are presented in case studies of a Buddhist hospice center in Thailand, Ugandan approaches to dying with HIV/AIDS, Punjabi extended-family hospice care, and pediatric palliative care. The work sheds new light on the significance of religious belief and practice at the end of life, at the many forms religious understanding can take, and at the spiritual pain that so often accompanies the physical pain of the dying person. |
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Terminal care -- Religious aspects.
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Hospice care -- Religious aspects.
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Palliative treatment.
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Terminal care.
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Hospice care.
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Attitude to Death |
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Palliative Care |
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Terminal Care |
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Hospice Care |
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Soins en phase terminale -- Aspect religieux.
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Mort -- Aspect psychologique.
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Soins palliatifs.
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Soins en phase terminale.
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MEDICAL -- Terminal Care.
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Terminal care
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Palliative treatment
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Hospice care -- Religious aspects
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Hospice care
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Death -- Psychological aspects
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Terminal care -- Religious aspects
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| Added Author |
Coward, Harold G.
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Stajduhar, Kelli I.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Religious understandings of a good death in hospice palliative care. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2012 9781438442730 (DLC) 2011032337 (OCoLC)751922088 |
| ISBN |
9781461907770 (electronic bk.) |
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1461907772 (electronic bk.) |
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1438442750 |
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9781438442754 |
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9781438442730 |
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1438442734 |
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1438442742 |
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9781438442747 |
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9781438442754 |
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AU@ 000053306459 |
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DEBBG BV042792608 |
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DEBSZ 421401974 |
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GBVCP 804085285 |
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NZ1 14538883 |
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NZ1 14775879 |
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