Northcott, Herbert C. and Donna M. Wilson, Dying and Death in Canada.

Journal of Comparative Family Studies;  January 1, 2004 ;   Parker, Marcie;   613 words ......Press, 2001, 189pp., $24.95 softcover. Dying and Death in Canada provides a thorough overview of all aspects of death and dying in Canada. The book is divided into 3 major...sections: The Demography and Epidemiology of Dying and Death [with lots of demographic charts...

Americans gain concern for quality of dying.(Culture, Et Cetera)

The Washington Times;  July 24, 1997 ;   Witham, Larry;   671 words ......impersonal they have made the process of dying. We have two generations of people now...addition to these humane concerns, the dying well debate has been fueled by headlines...change in the collective imagination about dying. The Institute of Medicine, a division...

'Moyers on Dying': Potent Medicine

The Washington Post;  September 9, 2000 ;   Megan Rosenfeld;   787 words ..."On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying."The other day I was looking through...tells us in "On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying," a four-part series that begins tomorrow...four nights in a row to watch people dying? It's too much. The only reason to watch...

Dying-well movement changing how Americans deal with death.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 5, 2000 ;   Harvey, Kay;   671 words ...Dying in America is hard. But it can be easier if people accept dying as a life stage rich with opportunities for personal growth. Using terms like peaceful dying and dying well, a second generation of research is reviving...

Dying, Death, and Bereavement: A Challenge for Living (2nd ed.).

Nursing Education Perspectives;  July 1, 2004 ;   Yorke, Diane;   538 words ...Dying, Death, and Bereavement: A Challenge for Living (2nd ed...this book is practical--how to live with, provide for, the dying and those they leave behind. Drs. Corless, Germino, and Pittman...to take us beyond the theoretical perspectives of death, dying, and bereavement presented in the first edition ...

Changing the way we deal with dying

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 26, 2002 ;   MARILYN SOKOL;   355 words ...00-00-0000 Changing the way we deal with dying MARILYN SOKOL Date: 05-26-2002, Sunday...in his landmark PBS series on death and dying, compared our attitudes toward death with...Partnership for Caring is that the choice-in-dying movement will bring to death and dying...

MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS PONDER `A GOOD DEATH' PANEL SAYS PHYSICIANS...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 5, 1997 ;     610 words ......to assure skilled, compassionate care for the dying. A fear of the typical American dying process is what drives many chronically ill to...appropriate care to patients who are hopelessly ill and dying. There are problems with providing pain relief...

The myth of the stages of dying, death and grief.(Critical essay)

Skeptic (Altadena, CA);  June 22, 2008 ;   Friedman, Russell James, John W.;   787 words ......history of psychology, On Death and Dying. It exposed the heartless treatment...it altered the care and treatment of dying people. On the negative side, it postulated the now-infamous five stages of dying--Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression...

Assistance in dying: Part I. Europe--the vanguard.(Nexus: Ethics, Law, and...

Hospital Topics;  January 1, 2007 ;   Darr, Kurt;   787 words ......series that considers assistance in dying, of which physician-assisted suicide...possible evolution of assistance in dying in the United States. Part II considers the legal context of assistance in dying in the United States and its present...

Patience, Compassion, Hope and the Christian Art of Dying Well.(Book...

Theological Studies;  March 1, 2006 ;   Donnelly, Doris;   749 words ......COMPASSION, HOPE AND THE CHRISTIAN ART OF DYING WELL. By Christopher P. Vogt. Lanham, Md...an earlier century, the discourse about dying would not be concerned with physician assisted...According to these authors, preparation for dying could never begin early enough and involved...

Dying At Home

Sun Reporter, The;  June 29, 1995 ;   Jr. Washington, Linn;   259 words ...Jr. Washington, Linn Sun Reporter, The 06-29-1995 Dying At Home. Choice In Dying announced that its booklet, Dying at Home, won a first-place, gold award in the 1995 National Mature Media Awards competition...

Closing in on death? Reflections on research and researchers in the field...

Health Sociology Review;  December 1, 2007 ;   Hockey, Jenny;   787 words ......within the field of research on death and dying. In so doing, it explores reasons for researchers...science research activity around death and dying from the Second World War onwards. Its...re-working of meta-narratives around death and dying which support beliefs and practices deriving...

The Case for Palliative Care Services: Who Cares for the Dying?

Herizons;  April 1, 1996 ;   Auger, Jeanette A.; Day, Dian;   787 words ......Palliative Care Services: Who Cares for the Dying?. Throughout history, in all cultures of the world, women have cared for the dying. Within the private sphere of home, community...for, nurture and support people who are dying. In the public realm of institutions and...

`DYING' A COMPELLING TALE OF HORROR.(Books)(Review)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 18, 1999 ;     594 words ...Byline: Gail Caldwell A Prayer for the Dying By Stewart O'Nan. Henry Holt, 195 pages...beauty before the siege. In A Prayer for the Dying, O'Nan takes his already noir sensibility...epidemic of diphtheria. A Prayer for the Dying covers two infinite weeks in that terrible...

Who cares for the dying? The case for palliative care services

Herizons;  April 1, 1996 ;   Auger, Jeanette A; Day, Dian;   787 words ......of the world, women have cared for the dying. Within the private sphere of home, community...for, nurture and support people who are dying. In the public realm of institutions and professions, care of the dying takes place within a set hierarchy of...