End of Life and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: Contemporary Issues, Challenges, Experiences and Practice (1st ed. 2022)

By: Roger J. Stancliffe and Michele Y. Wiese and Philip McCallion and Mary McCarron

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Synopsis: This book on end of life examines how to include people with intellectual and developmental disability in the inevitability of dying and death. Comprising 17 chapters, it addresses challenging and under-researched topics including suicide, do-not-resuscitate, advance care planning, death doulas and accessible funerals. Topics reflect everyday community, palliative care, hospice and disability services.The book proposes that the rights of people with disabilities should be supported up to and after their death. Going beyond problem identification, the chapters offer positive, evidence-supported responses that translate research to practice, together with practice examples and resources grounded in lived experience. The book is applicable to readers from the disability field, and mainstream health professionals who assist people with disability in emergency care, palliative care or end-of-life planning

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030986971
Related ISBNs:: 9783030986964
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 08/24/22
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Psychology, Social Studies, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Roger J. Stancliffe
Edited by:: Michele Y. Wiese
Edited by:: Philip McCallion
Edited by:: Mary McCarron