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Is God still at the bedside? : the medical, ethical, and pastoral issues of death and dying / Abigail Rian Evans.

By: Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2011.Description: xvii, 484 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802827234 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802827233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Medical, ethical, and pastoral issues of death and dying
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 236/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BT825 .E93 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2011 B-996
  • BF 789.D4
Contents:
I. Prologue. Reflections on human life -- Contemporary attitudes toward death -- II. Negotiated death. End-of-life choices : distinctions and debate -- The right to die : suicide and physician-assisted suicide -- Organ donation : the last gift of life -- Legal questions : cases and laws addressing end-of-life issues -- III. The experience of dying. when winter enters your life : pain and suffering -- The last days : caring the hospice way -- Good mourning : loss, grief, and bereavement -- IV. God at the bedside. Clergy at the bedside -- Ministry to the dying and their families : faith community nurse and pastor in partnership -- Death is conquered : how Christian faith informs funerals.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BT825 .E93 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001183176

Includes bibliographical references (p. 472-478) and indexes.

I. Prologue. Reflections on human life -- Contemporary attitudes toward death -- II. Negotiated death. End-of-life choices : distinctions and debate -- The right to die : suicide and physician-assisted suicide -- Organ donation : the last gift of life -- Legal questions : cases and laws addressing end-of-life issues -- III. The experience of dying. when winter enters your life : pain and suffering -- The last days : caring the hospice way -- Good mourning : loss, grief, and bereavement -- IV. God at the bedside. Clergy at the bedside -- Ministry to the dying and their families : faith community nurse and pastor in partnership -- Death is conquered : how Christian faith informs funerals.

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