Death, dying, and bereavement.
Contributor(s): Dickenson, Donna
| Johnson, Malcolm Lewis | Katz, Jeanne.
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BookSeries: Open University set book.Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications in association with the Open University, 2000Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by Donna Dickenson, Malcolm Johnson, and Jeanne Samson Katz.Description: xii, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0761968563; 0761968571 (pbk).Uniform titles: Death, dying & bereavement. Subject(s): Death -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Terminal care -- Great Britain | Medical ethics -- Great Britain | BereavementDDC classification: 306.9 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00092087 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'This second edition, which has also been edited by Samson Katz, utilizes around half of the original text, of which a significant portions has been revised and updated. The remainder comprises new material reflecting both the changes in attitudes generally towards death and dying, and also designed to meet the needs of students undertaking the revised curriculum of the K260. This book will stimulate thinking and challenge the personal views of both academics and those in practice. ...[A] valuable tool for both those new to the area of palliative and cancer care and those experienced professionals searching for a new angle on several key topics in relation to ethical issues occurring in this speciality... [A]n excellent balance of theoretical contents and moving prose... [T]his book is directed towards all professionals working in health and social care. ...This book is a must for pre-registration students wishing to gain greater understanding of the psychosocial issues faced by those with a terminal illness and their significant others' - Nurse Education Today
The fully revised and updated edition of this bestselling collection combines academic research with professional and personal reflections. Death, Dying and Bereavement addresses both the practical and the more metaphysical aspects of death. Topics such as new methods of pain relief, guidelines for breaking bad news, and current attitudes to euthanasia are considered, while the mystery of death
and its wider implications are also explored.
A highly distinctive interdisciplinary approach is adopted, including perspectives from literature, theology, sociology and psychology. There are wide-ranging contributions from those who come into professional contact with death and bereavement - doctors, nurses, social workers and councellors. In addition there are more intimate personal accounts from carers and from bereaved people.
Death, Dying and Bereavement is the Course Reader for The Open University course Death and Dying, which is offered as part of The Open University Dilpoma in Health and Social Welfare.
Praise for the First Edition:
'The book does give a broad overview of many of the issues around death, dying and bereavement. It raises the reader's awareness and encourages deeper investigation at every level. It is easy to reda and therefore accessible to a wide audience' - Changes
'Provides a richly woven tapestry of personal, professional and literary accounts of death, dying and bereavement' - Health Psychology Update
'Offers a unique collection of fascinating information, research, stories, poems and personal reflections. It is unusual to experience such a diversity of writings in one book' - Nursing Times
'It brings together the knowledge and skills from a multi-occupational group and thereby offers and opportunity, to whoever reads it, to enable better experiences for those who are dying and bereaved' - Journal of Interprofessional Care
'For those trying to help the dying and bereaved, this volume will inspire and move you as much as it will inform and guide your work' - Bereavement Care
'Provides a unique overview, and in many areas, penetrating insights into various aspects of death, dying and bereavement. One of it's major strengths is that it brings together a wide and varied discourse on death across cultures and through time' - British Journal of Sociology
Rev. ed. of: Death, dying & bereavement. 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Life and death -- Part 2: Caring for dying people -- Part 3: Dilemmas and decisions at the end of life -- Part 4: Bereavement: private grief, collective responsibility.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 Life and Death
- Introduction
- Death in Staithes
- Death Denied
- Not Going Gently
- Death in Ireland
- Death, Wakes and Funerals in Contemporary Irish Society
- Approaches to Death in Hindu and Sikh Communities in Britain
- Modern Death
- Taboo or Not Taboo?
- Demographic Change and the Care of the Dying, 1969-1987
- Health Policy and Services for Dying People and their Carers
- Sudden Death from Suicide
- Contemporary Representations of 'Good' and 'Bad' Death
- Little Henry; Or, God Will Take Care of Me
- The Dream - TRS
- Death Be Not Proud
- Aubade
- Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
- The Prophet
- Doctor's Mask on Pain
- The First Day
- Death and the Meaning of Life
- Part 2 Preparing for Death
- Introduction
- My Husband the Stranger
- Tell Me a Riddle
- Learning the Hard Way
- Professionalism and Paternalism
- Paternalism and Moral Deficiency
- The Nurse's Dilemma
- Truth-Telling or Big White Lies?
- Professional Liars
- Organ Transplants
- Dying to Help
- Moral Questions in Organ Procurement
- The Living Will in Clinical Practice
- Euthanasia in the Netherlands
- Assisted Death - Institute of Medical Ethics Working Party on the Ethics of Prolonging Life and Assisting Death
- Assisted Death
- A Reply
- A Student's Story - Anonymous
- Why Do Doctors and Nurses Disagree?
- Part 3 Caring dor Dying People
- Introduction
- Breaking Bad News
- Why Is It Still So Difficult?
- Communicating with Cancer Patients
- 1 Handling Bad News and Difficult Questions
- Communicating with Cancer Patients
- 2 Handling Uncertainty, Collusion and Denial
- Communicating with Dying Children
- Jewish Perspectives on Dying, Death and Bereavement
- Complementary Medicine - Its Place in the Care of Dying People
- Dying Trajectories, The Organization of Work and the Expectations of Dying
- Spiritual Care of Dying People
- Sitting It Out
- A Very Easy Death
- A Way to Die
- Caring for Mother
- Part 4 Bereavement: Private Grief, Collective Responsibility
- Introduction
- Bereavement as a Psychosocial Transition
- Processes of Adaptation to Change
- The Social Distribution of Sentiments
- Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Bereavement
- Psychological Defence Mechanisms and Coping Strategies
- When Life Moves On
- I Desperately Needed to See My Son
- A Single Parent Confronting the Loss of an Only Child
- Epitaph of Libby Dickinson, 1798-1818 - Anonymous
- Care of the Suddenly Bereaved
- The Loss of a Baby
- Parents' Needs and Professional Practice After Early Loss
- When a Baby Dies - A Father's View
- Gay and Lesbian Bereavement
- The Grief that Does Not Speak
- Personal and Medical Memories from Hillsborough
- Ruth
- Death by Murder
- Essays Upon Epitaphs
- For Rose Albert (26 June 1895-19 May 1988)
- How to Live with Ghosts
- December