Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making [Paperback]

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.

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.

Preface - J. Lynn
Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to Culture and Its Influence on End-of-Life Decision-Making - K.L. Braun, J.H. Pietsch, & P.L. Blanchette
PART ONE: THE MEDICAL, LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONTEXT OF DEATH AND DYING
2. Physical Aspects of Dying - J.A. Patterson Fago
3. Cognitive Changes That Affect Capacity and End-of-Life Decisions - R.A. Martino
4. Autonomy, Advance Directives, and the Patient Self-Determination Act - J.H. Pietsch & K.L. Braun
5. Ethical Considerations and Court Involvement in End-of-Life Decision-Making - M.B. Kapp
PART TWO: ETHNIC PERSPECTIVES AND END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING
6. Cultural and Religious Issues for African Americans - C.P. Mouton
7. Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care: The Hispanic Perspective - M.A. Talamantes, C.Gomez, & K.L. Braun
8. Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making among Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States - G.Yeo & H. Nikoyeda
9. End-of-Life Decision Making in American Indian and Alaska Native Cultures - N.W. Van Winkle
PART THREE: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING
10. Christian Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making: Faith in a Communtiy - M. Rowell