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Religious understandings of a good death in hospice palliative care [electronic resource] / edited by Harold Coward and Kelli I. Stajduhar.

Contributor(s): Series: SUNY series in religious studiesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781461907770 (electronic bk.)
  • 1461907772 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religious understandings of a good death in hospice palliative care.DDC classification:
  • 362.17/5 23
LOC classification:
  • R726.8
Online resources:
Contents:
Cicely Saunders and the development of hospice palliative care / Michael Wright, David Clark -- "Like a ripe fruit separating effortlessly from its vine": religious understandings of a good death: Hinduism / Anantanand Rambachan -- Welcoming an old friend: Buddhist perspectives on good death / Anne Bruce -- Muslim perspectives on a good death in hospice and end-of-life care / Earle Waugh -- Tradition and change in Jewish ideals regarding a "good" death / Norman Ravvin -- Dying well in Christianity / Janet Soskice -- Chinese religions and hospice care / Edwin C. Hui, Danny C. Leung -- Buddhist hospice care in Thailand / Robert Florida, Pinit Ratanakul -- The Ugandan way of living and dying / Michael L. Hadley, Godfrey Agupio -- Punjabi extended family hospice care / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar -- Seeking physical, cultural, ethical, and spiritual "safe space" for a "good death": the experience of indigenous peoples in accessing hospice care / Joseph M. Kaufert ... [et al.] -- Caring for children in hospice and palliative care: the spiritual/religious dimension / Betty Davies, Thomas Attig -- Interfaith chaplaincy in hospice palliative care / Kelli I. Stajduhar, Coby Tschanz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cicely Saunders and the development of hospice palliative care / Michael Wright, David Clark -- "Like a ripe fruit separating effortlessly from its vine": religious understandings of a good death: Hinduism / Anantanand Rambachan -- Welcoming an old friend: Buddhist perspectives on good death / Anne Bruce -- Muslim perspectives on a good death in hospice and end-of-life care / Earle Waugh -- Tradition and change in Jewish ideals regarding a "good" death / Norman Ravvin -- Dying well in Christianity / Janet Soskice -- Chinese religions and hospice care / Edwin C. Hui, Danny C. Leung -- Buddhist hospice care in Thailand / Robert Florida, Pinit Ratanakul -- The Ugandan way of living and dying / Michael L. Hadley, Godfrey Agupio -- Punjabi extended family hospice care / Kamala Elizabeth Nayar -- Seeking physical, cultural, ethical, and spiritual "safe space" for a "good death": the experience of indigenous peoples in accessing hospice care / Joseph M. Kaufert ... [et al.] -- Caring for children in hospice and palliative care: the spiritual/religious dimension / Betty Davies, Thomas Attig -- Interfaith chaplaincy in hospice palliative care / Kelli I. Stajduhar, Coby Tschanz.

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