Hospice Care and Culture: A Comparison of the Hospice Movement in the West and Japan

ISBN-13: 9781138319271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 195 str.

Teresa Chikako Maruyama

Opis

First published in 1999, Maruyama explores some significant difficulties and differences in bringing the western hospice philosophy to the Japanese medical culture.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.  2. The Hospice Movement in the West.  3. The Hospice Movement in Japan.  4. A Comparison of Japanese and Western Hospice Movement.  5. The Western Attitude to Death and Dying.  6. The Japanese Attitude to Death and Dying.  7. Death and Dying and the Japanese Hospice Movement.  8. Doctors, Patients, and the Western Hospice Movement.  9. Doctors, Patients, and the Japanese Hospice Movement.  10. Doctor-Patient Relationships and the Hospice Movement.  11. Conclusion.

O autorze

Maruyama, Teresa Chikako