CULTURAL ISSUES IN END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING
Questions that face dying individuals, their families, and the professionals that help them at the end of their lives are explored in this volume.\ The contributors help the reader to come to terms with issues of mortality complicated by the diversity of cultures within society.\ \ \ Disc. medical, legal & ethical constraints; cultural & reli- gious diversity; nursing homes, military, AIDS, disability.\
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Questions that face dying individuals, their families, and the professionals that help them at the end of their lives are explored in this volume. The contributors help the reader to come to terms with issues of mortality complicated by the diversity of cultures within society. Booknews Prepares nurses, physicians, and other health care workers to help families make end-of-life decisions. First reviews the medical, legal, and ethical context of the dying experience, then discusses ethnic perspectives and religious issues, and issues for special populations such as the military culture and the AIDS community. Material on ethnic and religious differences in end-of-life attitudes and decisions forms a primer on the rituals and history of major groups comprising American citizenry. The editor is affiliated with the University of Hawaii and the Gerontological Society of America. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceAcknowledgments1An Introduction to Culture and Its Influence on End-of-Life Decision Making12Physical Aspects of Dying133Cognitive Changes That Affect Capacity and End-of-Life Decisions234Autonomy, Advance Directives, and the Patient Self-Determination Act375Ethical Considerations and Court Involvement in End-of-Life Decision Making556Cultural and Religious Issues for African Americans717Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care: The Hispanic Perspective838Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making Among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States1019End-of-Life Decision Making in American Indian and Alaska Native Cultures12710Christian Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making: Faith in a Community14711Catholic Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: The Human Person and the Quest for Meaning16512Jewish Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making18113Muslim Perspectives Regarding Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Decision Making19914Buddhist Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making21315Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making in the Hospital and Nursing Home Culture23116End-of-Life Issues in the Military Culture24917End-of-Life Issues in the HIV/AIDS Community26518End-of-Life Issues: A Disabilities Perspective28519Talking to Patients About Death and Dying: Improving Communication Across Cultures305Author Index327Subject Index339About the Contributors349
\ BooknewsPrepares nurses, physicians, and other health care workers to help families make end-of-life decisions. First reviews the medical, legal, and ethical context of the dying experience, then discusses ethnic perspectives and religious issues, and issues for special populations such as the military culture and the AIDS community. Material on ethnic and religious differences in end-of-life attitudes and decisions forms a primer on the rituals and history of major groups comprising American citizenry. The editor is affiliated with the University of Hawaii and the Gerontological Society of America. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
