Safe passage : a global spiritual sourcebook for care at the end of life / edited by Mark Lazenby (MA, MSN, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nursing & Divinity, Core Faculty, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut), Ruth McCorkle (PhD, RN, FAAN, Florence S. Wald Professor of Nursing and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Nursing and School of Public Health, Yale Universit, Director of Psychosocial Research, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University, Chicago, Illinois), Daniel P. Sulmasy (MD, PhD, Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics, The Department of Medicine and Divinity School, Associate Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, Co-Director, Program on Medicine and Religion, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois).

Date:
2014
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Safe passage (Oxford University Press)

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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Physical description

xx, 297 p. : map ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Historical perspectives on end-of-life care in global context : United States -- Historical perspectives on end-of-life care in global context : Africa -- Historical perspectives on end-of-life care in global context : Europe -- Historical perspectives on end-of-life care in global context : Indian sub-continent -- Historical perspectives on end-of-life care in global context : Latin America -- Historical perspectives on end-of-life care in global context : Middle East and North Africa -- Historical perspectives on end-of-life care in global context : Pacific Asia -- Overview of health care delivery systems and workforces in end-of life care in the global north and south -- Spiritual care of patients and families at the end of life -- When emergencies happen -- When disease progresses -- When dying may be a long process -- At the time of death -- After death.

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  • 9780199914630
  • 019991463X