Religious understandings of a good death in hospice palliative care  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Harold Coward and Kelli I. Stajduhar. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  c2012. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - SUNY series in religious studies .
 - SUNY series in religious studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781461907770 (electronic bk.) 1461907772 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terminal care--Religious aspects.<br/>MEDICAL / Terminal Care
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.8 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.17/5