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Is God Still at the Bedside? The Medical, Ethical, and Pastoral Issues of Death and Dying

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ISBN-10: 0802827233

ISBN-13: 9780802827234

Edition: 2010

Authors: Abigail Rian Evans

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 12/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 502
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

<b Abigail Rian Evans</b is Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Practical Theology and Academic Coordinator of Field Education at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. She founded and directed (1983-1991) the National Capital Health Ministries program in Washington, D.C., and served on the Clinton Health Care Task Force (1993).

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Prologue
Reflections on Human Life
Contemporary Attitudes toward Death
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
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
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
Epilogue
Appendices
Resource Organizations Addressing End-of-Life Issues
Information on Advance Directives
A Patient's Bill of Rights
Author's Questionnaires
End-of-Life Decision-Making Guide for Caregivers
Parishioners' Instructions and Information for Clergy
U.S. Organ Donors by Organ and Donor Type, 1997 to 2006
Faith Community Nursing
Some Do's and Don'ts for Caregivers
Things You Can Do to Help Yourself Face Grief
Selected Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects