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Our Changing Journey to the End: Reshaping Death, Dying, and Grief in America [2 volumes]

Our Changing Journey to the End: Reshaping Death, Dying, and Grief in America [2 volumes]

Our Changing Journey to the End: Reshaping Death, Dying, and Grief in America [2 volumes]
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Our Changing Journey to the End: Reshaping Death, Dying, and Grief in America [2 volumes]

Our Changing Journey to the End: Reshaping Death, Dying, and Grief in America [2 volumes]

Overview

This novel, cross-disciplinary collection explains how dying, death, and grieving have changed in America, for better or worse, since the turn of the millennium.

What does dying with dignity mean in a diverse society with rapidly advancing technology, an aging population, and finite resources? In this fascinating collection, scholars from across the nation illuminate the remarkable changes that have taken place in recent years, are now underway, and loom on the horizon as they lead readers on an exploration of the ways Americans think about and handle dying and death. Volume 1, New Paths of Engagement, addresses changes in the circumstances and expressions of death, dying, and grief in 21st-century America. Volume 2, New Venues in the Search for Dignity and Grace, delves into the challenges inherent in creating a medical and social system that allows for an optimal end-of-life experience for all and proposes ways in which society can be reshaped to move toward that ideal.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216126058
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 11/12/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 704
File size: 4 MB
Age Range: 7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Christina Staudt, PhD, is chair of the Columbia University Seminar on Death, an interdisciplinary seminar focused on all aspects of death, dying, disposal, and grief. Her recent works include The Many Ways We Talk About Death in Contemporary Society and Unequal Before Death.

J. Harold Ellens, PhD, is a research scholar at the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan; executive director emeritus of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies; founding editor and editor in chief emeritus of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and professor of philosophy and religion (ret).
J. Harold Ellens, PhD, is a psychotherapist in private practice, a retired university professor of philosophy and psychology, retired Presbyterian theologian and pastor, retired U.S. Army Chaplain (Colonel), and executive director emeritus of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Need for Accommodation
Christina Staudt
SECTION I: ESCAPING THE QUAGMIRE
2. The Future of Death and Two Challenges That Will Shape It
James W. Green
3. Assisted Suicide in the Age of AIDS and Alzheimer's
Michael Teitelman
4. Dying Persons and Their Families
Margaret Souza
5. Decision Making at the End of Life: From Informed Consent to Family Consent
Lawrence A. Frolik
6. A Changing Landscape: Evolving Ethical Duties and Obligation of Patients, Families, and Providers
Miriam Piven Cotler
7. The Hippocratic and the Veterinary Oaths: Medical Ethics at the End of Life
Sara Waller
SECTION II: IMPROVING THE VEHICLES OF CARE
8. Palliative Care and Hospice: Caring for Patients with Serious Illness
Kerrianne P. Page and Maura L. Del Bene
9. The Health Advocate in End-of-Life Care
Linda Koebner
10. Culturally Competent Care in an Increasingly Diverse Society
Karen Bullock and Jasmin Volkel
11. Attending to the Pain of the Dying: The Nursing Home Care Paradox
Anthony J. Lechich
12. The Evolving Role of Hospital Chaplains at the End of Life
Martha R. Jacobs and Linda S. Golding
13. Before Their Time: The Need for Communication When They Die Young
Nathan Ionascu
SECTION III: REDRAWING THE MAP
14. Advance Directives and Hospice Care: Cost Savers at the End
Edward J. Lusk, Nellie Selander, and Michael Halperin
15. Conspicuous Metabolism: Life Support and Life Extension as Luxury Goods
Kevin T. Keith
16. Solidarity, Mortality: The Tolling Bell of Civic Palliative Care
Bruce Jennings
Conclusion: A Letter from a Fellow Traveler
Christina Staudt
Afterword
J. Harold Ellens
Bibliography
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
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