ABSTRACT
Finding Dignity at the End of Life discusses the need for palliative care as a human right and explores a whole-person methodology for use in treatment.
The book examines the concept of palliative care as a holistic human right from the perspective of multiple aspects of faith, ideology, culture, and nationality. Integrating a humanities-based approach, chapters provide detailed discussions of spirituality, suffering, and healing from scholars from around the world. Within each chapter, the authors address a different cultural and religious focus by examining how this topic relates to questions of inherent dignity, both ethically and theologically, and how different spiritual lenses may inform our interpretation of medical outcomes.
Mental health practitioners, allied professionals, and theologians will find this a useful and reflective guide to palliative care and its connection to faith, spirituality, and culture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|79 pages
Religion, Spirituality, and Palliative Care
chapter Chapter 2|9 pages
Finding Dignity at the End of Life Through Palliative Care Everywhere
chapter Chapter 7|10 pages
A Nontraditional Spirituality Perspective on Palliative Care and End of Life
part 2|45 pages
Palliative Care and Practice
chapter Chapter 9|10 pages
Compassionate Presence
chapter Chapter 10|11 pages
Evidence-Based Communication in the Palliative Conversation
chapter Chapter 11|8 pages
Holy Name Meditation
chapter Chapter 12|6 pages
Disclosure of Diagnosis to Patients
part 3|77 pages
New Direction on Palliative Care