| Information on Death and dying
can be found in many libraries as well as at a number of reliable
internet resources.
From this web page, you will find sources from a health sciences
perspective.
Advance Directives is defined as declarations
by patients, made in advance of a situation in which they may
be incompetent to decide about their own care, stating their treatment
preferences or authorizing a third party to make decisions for
them.
Bereavement refers to the whole process of
grieving and mourning and is associated with a deep sense of
loss and sadness.
Death is the irreversible cessation of all
bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing
and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.
Euthanasia is defined as the act or practice
of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons
of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable
disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from
Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th
ed)
Living Wills is defined as written, witnessed
declarations in which persons request that if they become disabled
beyond reasonable expectation of recovery, they be allowed to
die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary means.
Right to die is defined as the right of the
patient or the patient's representative to make decisions with
regard to the patient's dying.
Tissue and Organ Procurement is defined as
the administrative procedures involved with acquiring tissues
or organs for transplantation through various programs, systems,
or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent
from tissue donors and arranging for transportation of donated
tissues and organs, after tissue harvesting, to HOSPITALS for
processing and transplantation.
All of the bold-face terms may be used for subject
searching in EuclidPLUS
(as a MeSH: Medical Subject Heading Search) or in PubMed.
If you need more information, please contact Reference
at the Allen at 216.368.3640, or at the Health Center at 216.368.3218,
or send us an email, (hclref@case.edu).
Print Resources
Readily available books and journals are good starting places
for research on a topic. Dictionaries and textbooks are especially
helpful. Please check the items listed on Print
Resources for Death available at Case.
Library Catalogs
Catalogs are lists of materials an institution owns or to which
it has access. At Case Western Reserve University, the catalog
is EuclidPLUS.
EuclidPLUS includes information about print and electronic materials,
both monographic and serial.
Other catalogs are:
OhioLINK
Library Catalog >>
Library of Congress
>>
The National Library of Medicine's LocatorPlus
>>
WorldCat
>>
Research Databases
Databases are collections of data organized for rapid search
and retrieval by a computer. In libraries they are primarily
bibliographic in nature, indexing journals, meetings and sometimes
books. An example of a database is PubMed.
Other databases are:
AgeLine
>>
CINAHL
>>
LexisNexis
Academic >>
MedlinePlus
>>
Advance Directives >>
Bereavement
>>
End
of Life Issues >>
Hospice
Care >>
Organ
Donation >>
Oxford
Reference, Law >>
PsycInfo >>
For additional databases, please check the All
Research Databases at Case >> page.
Electronic Resources at Case
CHSL provides information on Electronic
Books. >>
There are many links to electronic journals from the resources
listed in Library
Catalogs and Databases. >>
CHSL also has links to collections of Electronic
Journals. >>
Government Resources
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging >>
Ohio Department of Aging >> GoldenBuckeye.com information on Legal Services
Ohio
Department of Health >> Do Not Resuscitate Comfort Care
Ohio Legal Rights Service >> Advance Directives
U. S. Health Resources and Services Administration >>
Organ and Tissue Donation
U. S. National Institute on Aging >> Getting Your Affairs in Order
U. S. National Institutes of Health
Bereavement >> Death and Dying >>
Web Resources
AARP End of Life >>
AARP Internet Resources On Aging >>
Death and Dying web sites
Statistics
Faststats
- Deaths >>
Associations and Organizations
Hospice of the Western Reserve >>
National Funeral Directors Association >>
Ohio Funeral Directors Association >>
Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization >>
The appropriate forms for end of life decisions in Ohio are available at this web site. Advance Directives >>
Choices Living Well at the End of Life >> You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader >>
Other Information
Finding
Health Sciences Information >>
This page is maintained by the Cleveland
Health Sciences Library.
OhioLINK
& ALAO Instruction Clearinghouse >>
There are links to online tutorials and help pages available
here.
Uniform Requirements
for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and
Editing for Biomedical Publication >>
This is the Vancouver style for preparing manuscripts.
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