Dying and Death in Oncology

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Berk, Lawrence (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Oncology.; Nursing.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Pain Medicine.

This book brings together in one volume many important topics about death and dying, including the pathophysiology of death, the causes of death among cancer patients, the ethics of death, the legal aspects of death for the physician and for the patient and caregivers, the economics of death, the me...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction to Oncologic Thanatology
• Pathophysiology of Death
• Common Causes of Death of Cancer Patients
• Definitions of Death- Historical and Current
• Ethics of Death
• Economics of Death
• Legal Aspects of Death
• Predicting death
• Medical Care of the Dying Patient
• Spiritual Care of the Dying Patient
• Communicating with the Dying Patient and Family
• Bereavement – Death and the Survivors
• The Afterlife – Common Religious Representations of Life After Death.