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Title Dying and death in oncology / Lawrence Berk, editor.
Pub Info Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2016, c2017.

Description 1 online resource.
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Contents 1: Art of Dying; References; 2: Dying: What Happens in the Cells and Tissues; 2.1 History of the Studies on the Cellular Basis of Death; 2.2 Programmed Cell Death; 2.2.1 Apoptosis; 2.2.2 Autophagy; 2.2.3 Necrosis; 2.3 Phagosomes and Lysosomes and Cell Content Degradation; 2.4 Programmed Cell Death and Cancer; References; 3: Dying: What Happens to the Body After Death; 3.1 Physical Decomposition of the Body; 3.1.1 Autolysis; 3.1.2 Classical Signs of Death; 3.1.3 Putrefaction; 3.1.4 Mummification; 3.1.5 Freezing; 3.1.6 Incineration; 3.1.7 Chemical Fixation
3.2 Autopsy3.3 Embalming and Cremation; 3.4 Death Certificate; 4: Quality of Life at the End of Life; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Sources of Information; 4.3 Cultural Issues and QOD; 4.4 Factors That Influence QOD; 4.4.1 Health Care-Related Issues; 4.5 The Construct of a Good Death; References; 5: Legal Aspects of Oncology Care for Dying Patients; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Distinguishing Living Patients from Dead Bodies; 5.3 Informed Choice and Confidentiality; 5.3.1 Informed Consent and Refusal; 5.3.2 Right to Control Medical Information; 5.3.2.1 State Law; 5.3.2.2 Federal Law
5.4 Advance Health Care Planning5.4.1 Decisional Capacity Issues; 5.4.2 Advance Health Care Planning Opportunities; 5.4.3 Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment; 5.4.4 Making Medical Decisions in the Absence of Advance Planning; 5.5 Standards of Care and Medical Malpractice Liability; 5.5.1 Standards of Care Pertaining to the Dying Cancer Patient; 5.5.2 Basis for Malpractice Claims; 5.6 Limits on the Rights of Patients and Families; 5.7 Postmortem Rights and Duties; References; 6: Spiritual Care: An Essential Aspect of Cancer Care; 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Defining Spirituality6.3 Spirituality, Religion, and Health; 6.4 Spiritual Tasks in Life-Threatening Illness; 6.5 Spirituality and Grief; 6.6 Spiritual Assessment; 6.7 Spiritual Interventions; References; 7: Religious Views of the Afterlife; 7.1 Judaism; 7.2 Christianity; 7.3 Islam; 7.4 Hinduism; 7.5 Buddhism; References; 8: A Historical Perspective of Death in the Western World; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Pre-history (Before 10,000 Years Ago); 8.3 Antiquity (Before AD 500); 8.4 Middle Ages (Sixth to Eighteenth Century); 8.5 Pre-modern Age (Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century)
8.6 Modernity (Twentieth and Twenty-First Century)References; 9: Economic Aspects of Death and Dying in Oncology; 9.1 Economics and Economic Tools in the Analysis of Death and Dying in Oncology; 9.2 Economics of Healthcare: Costs, Trends, and Consequences; 9.2.1 Cost of Healthcare and Cancer Care; 9.2.2 Trends and Outcomes; 9.2.3 Allocation of Resources in Society and the Role of Markets; Healthcare Markets as a Special Case; 9.3 Cost-Benefit Analysis; 9.3.1 The Cost-Benefit (CBA) Approach; 9.3.2 Assigning Monetary Values to Benefits and Costs of Treatment
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Medical Subject Neoplasms -- psychology
Death.
Attitude to Death.
Terminal Care.
Medical Oncology -- methods.
Genre Electronic books
Add Author Berk, Lawrence, editor.
Ohio Library and Information Network.
SpringerLink (Online service).
Link OhioLINK electronic book center (OCoLC)180989150
SpringerLink (OCoLC)43927870
ISBN 3319418610 (electronic bk.)
9783319418612 (electronic bk.)
3319418599
9783319418599
OCLC # 960738124
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