Caring Relationships

Richard Kalish

• Preface Introduction: Toward Standards of Care for the Terminally Ill, Robert Kastenbaum PART ONE Relationships With the DyingDying vs. Well-Being, Ronald Koenig Toward a Social Theory of Dying, Natalie Rosel Family Communication in the Crisis of a Child's Fatal Illness: A Literature Review and Analysis, Lynda Share Story of a First-Born, Wende Kernan Bowie Dignity of Person in the Final Phase of Life: An Exploratory Study, Mary Louise Nash PART TWO Survivors of DeathShouldering a Burden, Kathy Calkins A Psychosocial Aspect of Terminal Care: Anticipatory Grief, Robert Fulton and Julie Fulton The Reactions of Family Systems to Sudden and Unexpected Death, Rita R. Vollman, Amy Ganzert, Lewis Picher, and W. Vail Williams SIDS: The Survivor as Victim, Eric Markusen, Greg Owen, Robert Fulton, and Robert Bendiksen Repressed Affect and Memory Reactive to Grief: A Case Fragment, David K. SwitzerPART THREE The Relationships of Health ProfessionalsNursing Care of the Terminal Patient, Sandra Simmons and Barbara Given The Relationship to Death as a Source of Stress for Nurses on a Coronary Care Unit, Trevor R. Price and Bernard J. Bergen How the Medical Staff Copes with Dying Patients: A Critical Review, Richard Schulz and David Aderman Attitudes of Physicians on Disclosing Information to and Maintaining Life for Terminal Patients Raymond G. Carey and Emil J. Posavac