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Tables of Contents for Cultural Issues in End-Of-Life Decision Making
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Joanne Lynn
Acknowledgments
xii
Introduction
An Introduction to Culture and Its Influence on End-of-Life Decision Making
1
10
Kathryn L. Braun
James H. Pietsch
Patricia L. Blanchette
Part 1 The Medical, Legal, and Ethical Context of Death and Dying
11
58
Physical Aspects of Dying
13
10
Julie A. Patterson Fago
Cognitive Changes That Affect Capacity and End-of-Life Decisions
23
14
Ronald A. Martino
Autonomy, Advance Directives, and the Patient Self-Determination Act
37
18
James H. Pietsch
Kathryn L. Braun
Ethical Considerations and Court Involvement in End-of-Life Decision Making
55
14
Marshal B. Kapp
Part 2 Ethnic Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making
69
76
Cultural and Religious Issues for African Americans
71
12
Charles P. Mouton
Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care: The Hispanic Perspective
83
18
Melissa A. Talamantes
Celina Gomez
Kathryn L. Braun
Cultural Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making Among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States
101
26
Gwen Yeo
Nancy Hikoyeda
End-of-Life decision Making in American Indian and Alaska Native Cultures
127
18
Nancy Westlake Van Winkle
Part 3 Religious Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making
145
84
Christian Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making: Faith in a Community
147
18
Mary Rowell
Catholic Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: The Human Person and the Quest for Meaning
165
16
Marc R. Alexander
Jewish Perspectives on End-of-Life Decision Making
181
18
William Kavesh
Muslim Perspectives Regarding Death, Dying, and end-of-Life Decision Making
199
14
Hamid Abdul Hai
Asad Husain
Buddhist Issues in End-of-Life decision making
213
16
Ronald Y. Nakasone
Part 4 End-of-Life Issues in Institutional Cultures and for Special Populations
229
98
Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making in the Hospital and Nursing Home Culture
231
18
Charon A. Pierson
End-of-Life Issues in the Military Culture
249
16
Patricia W. Nishimoto
Ross E. Newmann
End-of-Life Issues in the HIV/AIDS Community
265
20
Russel Ogden
End-of-Life Issue: A Disabilities Perspective
285
20
Tom Koch
Implications
Talking to Patients About Death and Dying: Improving Communication Across Cultures
305
22
Shari L. Kogan
Patricia L. Blanchette
Kamal Masaki
Author Index
327
12
Subject Index
339
10
About the contributors
349