Dying and Death in Oncology
This book brings together in one volume many important topics about death and dying, including the pathophysiology of death, the causes of death among cancer patients, the ethics of death, the legal aspects of death for the physician and for the patient a
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Dying and Death in Oncology
Lawrence Berk Editor
Dying and Death in Oncology
Editor Lawrence Berk Morsani School of Medicine Tampa General Cancer Center University of South Florida Tampa, FL USA
ISBN 978-3-319-41859-9 ISBN 978-3-319-41861-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41861-2
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Contents
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Art of Dying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrence Berk
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Dying: What Happens in the Cells and Tissues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrence Berk
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Dying: What Happens to the Body After Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vernard Adams
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Quality of Life at the End of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lodovico Balducci and Miriam Innocenti
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Legal Aspects of Oncology Care for Dying Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marshall B. Kapp
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Spiritual Care: An Essential Aspect of Cancer Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth J. Doka
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Religious Views of the Afterlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher M. Moreman
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A Historical Perspective of Death in the Western World . . . . . . . . . . David San Filippo
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Economic Aspects of Death and Dying in Oncology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Vlad Dolgopolov
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Oncologists and Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Lawrence Berk
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Pediatric Cancer and End-of-Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Kathleen G. Davis
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Symptom Management of the Dying Oncology Patient . . . .
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