Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease : The Life-Threatened Patient, the Family, and the Staff

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Principles of Thanatology / Carr, Arthur C. -- Part I. Psychosocial Aspects of Care -- 1. Care of the Patient with Coronary Heart Disease / Ruskin, H. D. -- 2. Care of the Severely Ill Cardiovascular Patient / Wright, Irving S. --...
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Principles of Thanatology / Carr, Arthur C. -- Part I. Psychosocial Aspects of Care -- 1. Care of the Patient with Coronary Heart Disease / Ruskin, H. D. -- 2. Care of the Severely Ill Cardiovascular Patient / Wright, Irving S. -- 3. Approaches to the Seriously Cardiac Patient / Moser, Marvin -- 4. Psychological Intervention During Transfer from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit / Shortridge, Lillie -- 5. The Psychosocial Needs of the Cardiovascular Patient / Moss, Steven A. -- Part II. Personality Patterns and Coronary Heart Disease -- 6. Introduction to Part II: The Cardiovascular Patient / Hutschnecker, Arnold A. -- 7. Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease / Harris, Raymond -- 8. Sudden, Unexpected Death in Patients with Healed Myocardial Infarction / Wolf, Stewart G. -- 9. The Role of Type A Behavior Pattern in Coronary Heart Disease / Rosenman, Ray H. -- 10. Thoughts on the Current Status of Investigations of Personality Patterns and Coronary Heart Disease / Blumenthal, James A. -- 11. Toward an Index of Emotional Drain: A Comparative Study of Coronary Patients and Controls / Bruhn, John G. -- Part III. Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Surgery -- 12. Interactions Among Patient, Family, Cardiovascular Surgeon, And Staff / Billig, Donal M. -- 13. Psychosocial Implications of Surgery for the Life-Threatened / Glenn, Frank -- 14. Heart Disease, Heart Surgery, and Death / Blacher, Richard S. -- 15. Psychological Preparation of the Cardiac Surgery Patient / Keon, W. J. / Coombs, R. K. -- 16. Surgery and the Congenital Cardiac Patient / Humphreys, George H. -- 17. Assessing and Expanding the Coping Abilities of the Child Hospitalized for Cardiac Surgery / Baranowitz, Adrienne / Chan, Joan -- 18. Nursing Care of the Cardiosurgical Patient / Chow, Rita K. -- 19. The Rapid Rise of Heart Clubs / Wittstein, Raphael L. -- 20. Changes in Family Interrelationships Following Cardiac Surgery / Greenhill, Maurice H. / Frater, Robert W. M. -- Part IV. Care of the Stroke Patient -- 21. The Stroke Patient / Brust, John C. M. -- 22. Stroke Symptoms and Their Implications / Eson, Morris E. / Paul, Boris J. -- Part V. The Life-Threatened Patient -- 23. To Die from Cancer or from a Heart Attack / Eys, Jan van -- 24. Cardiovascular Disease and Cancers Comparisons and Contrasts / Williams, Roger R. -- 25. Role of Death Concern in Cardiac Illness / Gentry, W. Doyle -- 26. A Cardiac Patient Speaks Out / Rostoker, Jack B. -- 27. Reflections on Facing Death / Lefkowitz, Nathan -- 28. Two Men, Four Episodes / Parnes, Yvonne M. -- 29. Commemoration Wishes / Lefkowitz, Nathan -- Part VI. Commentaries from Physicians -- 30. An Amateur Looks at Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease / Page, Irvine H. -- 31. Responsibility of the Physician in the Preservation of Life / Epstein, Franklin H. -- 32. Death / Burch, George E. -- Part VII. Psychosocial Aspects of Bereavement -- 33. Understanding Your Grief / Carr, Arthur C. -- 34. Methodological Problems in Assessing the Relationship Between Acuteness of Death and the Bereavement Outcome / Clayton, Paula J. / Parilla, Ramon H. / Bieri, Michael D. -- 35. Survivors of Cardiovascular and Cancer Deaths / Clayton, Paula J. / Parilla, Ramon H. / Bieri, Michael D. -- 36. Living with Cardiovascular Disease: A Widow’s Perspective / Vachon, M. L. S. / Freedman, K. / Rogers, J. / Lyall, W. A. L. / Formo, A. / Freeman, S. J. J. -- Appendixes -- A. The Facts of Cardiovascular Disease / Shaffer, Aaron B. / Click, Gerald -- B. The California “Right To Die” Law -- C. The Living Will -- D. Confidential Financial Checklist for the Terminally Ill / Nadel, Edwin / Parker, John -- General Bibliography -- Index -- List of Contributors Ausführliche Beschreibung