1st Edition

Caring Relationships The Dying and the Bereaved

Edited By Richard Kalish Copyright 1980
    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    Just as everyone must die, almost everyone will deal with death among close friends or loved ones. This collection explores the often difficult issues of human relationships with the dying, as well as the many stresses and burdens faced by the survivors.

    Preface
    Introduction: Toward Standards of Care for the Terminally Ill, Robert Kastenbaum

    PART ONE Relationships With the Dying
    Dying vs. Well-Being, Ronald Koenig
    Toward a Social Theory of Dying, Natalie Rosel
    Family Communication in the Crisis of a Child's Fatal Illness: A Literature Review and Analysis, Lynda Share
    Story of a First-Born, Wende Kernan Bowie
    Dignity of Person in the Final Phase of Life: An Exploratory Study, Mary Louise Nash

    PART TWO Survivors of Death
    Shouldering a Burden, Kathy Calkins
    A Psychosocial Aspect of Terminal Care: Anticipatory Grief, Robert Fulton and Julie Fulton
    The Reactions of Family Systems to Sudden and Unexpected Death, Rita R. Vollman, Amy Ganzert, Lewis Picher, and W. Vail Williams
    SIDS: The Survivor as Victim, Eric Markusen, Greg Owen, Robert Fulton, and Robert Bendiksen
    Repressed Affect and Memory Reactive to Grief: A Case Fragment, David K. Switzer

    PART THREE The Relationships of Health Professionals
    Nursing Care of the Terminal Patient, Sandra Simmons and Barbara Given
    The Relationship to Death as a Source of Stress for Nurses on a Coronary Care Unit, Trevor R. Price and Bernard J. Bergen
    How the Medical Staff Copes with Dying Patients: A Critical Review, Richard Schulz and David Aderman
    Attitudes of Physicians on Disclosing Information to and Maintaining Life for Terminal Patients Raymond G. Carey and Emil J. Posavac

    Biography

    Richard Kalish