Research Catalog

Title

Death and dying sourcebook : basic consumer health information for the layperson about end-of-life care and related ethical and legal issues ... / edited by Annemarie S. Muth.

Publication

Detroit, Mich. : Omnigraphics, c2000.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Muth, Annemarie.

Description

xiii, 641 p. ; charts; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book provides the reader with timely information on the medical, legal, and ethical issues related to death and dying in the United States. Documents selected from a wide variety of government and private organizations that offer advice on such topics as selecting the right health care facility, Medicare and Medicaid, patients' rights, advance directives, innovations in hospice care, pain management, physician-assisted suicide, funeral costs, and the grieving process are included. A glossary and resource directory offer additional help and information."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Health reference series

Uniform Title

Health reference series

Alternative Title

Death & Dying sourcebook.

Subject

• Advance Directives
• Attitude to Death
• Bereavement
• Death
• Death
• Hospice Care
• Palliative Care
• Terminal Care
• Terminal care

Genre/Form

Resource Guide

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Death and dying statistics in the United States -- pt. 2. Attitudes toward death and dying -- pt. 3. Health care options for the terminally ill -- pt. 4. End-of-life medical care: issues and innovations -- pt. 5. Approaching death -- pt. 6. Final arrangements -- pt. 7. Bereavement -- pt. 8. Additional help and information.

ISBN

0780802306 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99044810^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library