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A Safer Death

Multidisciplinary Aspects of Terminal Care

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Anne Gilmore

    1. Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow, Scotland

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  2. Stan Gilmore

    1. Stirling University, Stirling, Scotland

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Problems of Death and Dying

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. “Safe Death” in the Postmodern World

      • Robert Kastenbaum
      Pages 3-13

    3. The Inner Web

      • Michael Murphy
      Pages 15-18

    4. Terminal Care: From a Sociological Perspective

      • Raymond Illsley
      Pages 19-21

    5. The Problems of Death and Dying from a Psychoanalytic Perspective

      • Renée Sebag-Lanoë
      Pages 23-30

    6. The Anxiety of the Unknown — Dying in a Psycho-Existential Perspective

      • Jorn Beckmann, Henrik Olesen
      Pages 31-40

    7. Four Frames of Death in Modern Hospital

      • Anssi Peräkylä
      Pages 41-45

    8. Various Environments Surrounding Death among the Japanese Elderly

      • Katsuya Inoue
      Pages 47-52

    9. The Nest-Egg and the Funeral — Fear of Death on the Parish among the Elderly

      • Ruth Richardson
      Pages 53-57

    10. Terminal Care in Children

      • Elspeth Brewis
      Pages 59-63

    11. Terminal Care in the Old

      • Clifton Lowther
      Pages 65-68

    12. Risk Factors Associated with Mortality among the Elderly Bereaved

      • Ann Bowling
      Pages 69-73

    13. Ethical Implications of use of the Living Will in Care of the Terminally Ill

      • Robyn Shapiro
      Pages 75-80

  3. Varieties of Caring Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Pain Treatment and Terminal Care in Finnish Hospitals

      • Anneli Vainio
      Pages 83-91

    3. Special Equipment for the Severely Disabled

      • Richard Schilling, Peter Millard
      Pages 93-97

    4. Setting up a District Health Authority Terminal Care Support Team

      • Richard Feinmann, Audrey Pointon
      Pages 99-101

    5. A Creative Response to Multiple Losses

      • David Frampton
      Pages 103-108

    6. Jusqu’a La Mort, Accompagner La Vie

      • Patricia Floriet
      Pages 109-112
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About this book

During the past two decades professional interest in Terminal Care has increased dramatically. It is always difficult to trace the origins of a change of emphasis in medical and nursing care but it is likely that three influences have contributed to bring this about. Firstly, the rise of the modern hospice movement with its recognition that dying and mourning are normal life events and that the lay person has a role in these events no less important than the health professional; secondly, the development of sophisticated and successful techniques of palliative care and pain control; and lastly, the increasing expectations of the populace in advanced countries for a comprehensive and sensitive service for patients, family and care givers at the terminal phase of illness. It is significant that these developments in the care and management of the terminally ill are not confined either to one country or the sole prerogative of a single discipline. This is reflected in the papers collected in this volume which were originally presented at the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Terminal Care organised by The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. The cross-fertilisation of ideas, experiences, and assessments provided by the contributors in a multicultural and multidisciplinary context pre­ sented in this volume will be found stimulating and inspirational for both the professional and the lay person in the care of the dying.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow, Scotland

    Anne Gilmore

  • Stirling University, Stirling, Scotland

    Stan Gilmore

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Safer Death

  • Book Subtitle: Multidisciplinary Aspects of Terminal Care

  • Editors: Anne Gilmore, Stan Gilmore

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8359-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-8361-5Published: 19 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-8359-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 220

  • Topics: Public Health

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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