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| About the book |
Key areas covered include:
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| About the authors |
Sheila Payne is an applied social scientist with a background in nursing. Over the last twenty years she has been involved in leading and contributing to research and teaching about research methods in palliative care. She has a special interest in end-of-life care for older people, family caregivers and bereavement support. She currently holds the Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies based at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, UK. She is also co-director of a large five year programme of collaborative research and development called the Cancer Experiences Collaborative. Sheila has published widely in academic and professional journals. |
| Table of contents |
List of contributors Introduction Human dissection and organ transplantation in historical context Contemporary views of bereavement and the experience of grief Gift of Life or Sacrifice? Key discourses for understanding decision-making by families of organ donors A dissonant loss: The bereavement of organ donor families Supporting families? decision-making about organ donation Tissue donation and the attitudes of health care professionals Facilitating the donation discussion beyond intensive care: Lessons from specialist palliative care Decisions about living kidney donation: A family and professional perspective Xenotransplantation and the Post Human Future Closing thoughts and the future Appendix 1 Index |
