Book Description
This innovative and informative new text bridges the fields of gerontology and thanatology.
Author : Adrian Tomer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 1317714652
This innovative and informative new text bridges the fields of gerontology and thanatology.
Author : Victor G. Cicirelli, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 21,73 MB
Release : 2006-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826170145
This empirically-based study of older adults ranging in age from 70-90 years examines the influence of family relations, religious beliefs, age-related health changes, culture, and more on personal meanings of death, fears of death, and views of the dying process. Gerontologists will gain a more realistic understanding of all of the factors influencing an older individual's view of death and the dying process. These views impact the development of both effective interventions to provide appropriate emotional support and coping strategies to help persons deal with fears of approaching death.
Author : Diane Clare Moyer
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Older people
ISBN :
Author : Cynthia Brown
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Anxiety
ISBN :
Author : Adrian Tomer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317714644
This innovative and informative new text bridges the fields of gerontology and thanatology.
Author : Lillian Davenport Parker
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Death
ISBN :
Author : Cynthia A. Peveto, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2004-11-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0826127975
By comparing the findings from Kalish's and Reynolds's landmark 1970's Death and Ethnicity Study to their own present study, Hayslip and Peveto examine the impact of cultural change on death attitudes. With a focus on African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American subpopulations, with Caucasians treated as a comparison group, the authors come to several conclusions, including: the shift toward more interest in being informed of one's own terminal prognosis a more personal approach to funerals and mourning observances a greater focus on family and relationships
Author : Robert A. Neimeyer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317763661
Presenting a broad coverage of this major area of studies on death and dying, this book provides a systematic presentation of the six most widely used and best validated measures of death anxiety, threat and fear. These chapters consider the available data on the psychometric properties of each instrument and summarize research using them, and also supply a copy of the instrument with scoring keys - to facilitate their use. In addition, other chapters make use of the instrumentation by pursuing questions of applied significance in various health care settings nursing homes, psychotherapy, death education, near death experiences, persons with AIDS, experiences of bereaved young adults.; An introductory chapter introduces the major philosophical and psychological theories of the causes and consequences of death anxiety in adult life, and a closing chapter gives an overview of death education and how this affects attitudes towards death and dying.
Author : Adrian Tomer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0805852719
In this new volume, death is treated both as a threat to meaning and as an opportunity to create meaning.
Author : Committee on Care at the End of Life
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 35,89 MB
Release : 1997-10-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309518253
When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving. Yet too many dying people suffer unnecessarily. While an "overtreated" dying is feared, untreated pain or emotional abandonment are equally frightening. Approaching Death reflects a wide-ranging effort to understand what we know about care at the end of life, what we have yet to learn, and what we know but do not adequately apply. It seeks to build understanding of what constitutes good care for the dying and offers recommendations to decisionmakers that address specific barriers to achieving good care. This volume offers a profile of when, where, and how Americans die. It examines the dimensions of caring at the end of life: Determining diagnosis and prognosis and communicating these to patient and family. Establishing clinical and personal goals. Matching physical, psychological, spiritual, and practical care strategies to the patient's values and circumstances. Approaching Death considers the dying experience in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings and the role of interdisciplinary teams and managed care. It offers perspectives on quality measurement and improvement, the role of practice guidelines, cost concerns, and legal issues such as assisted suicide. The book proposes how health professionals can become better prepared to care well for those who are dying and to understand that these are not patients for whom "nothing can be done."