Focus on the end of life
Subtitle: scientific and social issues
By: M. Powell Lawton, volume editor and editor-in-chief
Contributors: Lawton, M. Powell 1923-2001.
Series: Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics -- 20
Publisher: Springer Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Death -- Moral and ethical aspects; Death -- Psychological aspects; Death -- Religious aspects; Death and dying
Description: "The study of the 'end of life' has become a major focus in medicine, nursing, the social sciences, and religion. This volume brings together the latest research on issues around death and dying, life's attributes as it nears death, planning and preparation for death, and care and intervention-related issues. The evidence-based findings of ethics in the case of dying reported in this volume will help shape how we approach the topic for years to come."--contained in front cover
Notes: 3
Table of contents: title: An overview of the end of life / Lawton; title: Ethics and spirituality / Bevins and Cole; title: Medical decision making toward the end of life : ethical, economic, and health policy implications / Kaplan and Schneider; title: Quality-of-life trajectories of elders in the end of life / Bradley, Fried, Kasl, and Idler; title: Measuring quality of medical care for dying persons and their families: preliminary suggestions for accountability / Teno, McNiff, and Lynn; title: Comfort in older adults at the end of life / Hurley, Volicer, and Mahoney; title: Friendship at the end of life / Vries and Blando; title: Healthy elders' early decisions for end-of-life living and dying / Cicrelli; title: Hospice and its role in improving end-of-life care / Miller, Mor, Gage, and Coppola