Death, Dying and Bereavement: A Hong Kong Chinese Experience

Index

Index฀ Abandonment 140 , 295, 303 Accident and emergenc y roo m (A&E ) 226 Accomplishments 12 9 Active treatment 15 2 Acupuncture 201 , 202 Adult children , Grieving 26 7 Advance directive s 31 3 Adversity 31 4 Altruism 28 1 Anatomy 114 , 115 Ancestor worship 25 9 Anniversaries 25 8 Appreciation 217 , 314 Assumptive world 26 3 Attachment 10 0 Attitudes toward s death an d dyin g 14 0 Audits 144 , 145, 154, 165 Autopsy, 105 , 108, 113, 114, 235, 299 Resistance t o 112 , 113 Autonomy, 158 , 172, 188 Family 17 4 Bad luck 5 , 67, 214, 264, 276, 290, 296, 305 Bad news, Breaking of 226 , 266 Receiving 226 , 298 Balancing harm with benefit 15 4 Bardo, semi divine being 10 0 Befrienders 28 6 Bereaved childre n 266-26 7 Bereaved persons , Guilt of 2 0 Isolation o f 4-5 , 214 Self-actualization o f 26 4 Self-care o f 26 4 Self-identity o f 26 4 Self-image o f 264 , 277 Support for 26 5 Unsolicited suppor t of 1 9 Bereavement, 25 3 Suicide 293,29 5 Bereavement a s social construction 26 1 Bereavement care , 25 , 286 Coordinated multidisciplinar y 26 0 Indigenous 258 , 259 Bereavement counselling , 225 , 236, 254, 255, 261, 275, 286, 289 Effectiveness o f 257 , 276 Universal need o f 25 7 Bereavement counsellors 31 2 Bereavement experience , Sharing o f 25 9 Bereavement groups 254 , 265, 273, 277, 283, 286 Bio-psycho-spiritual 14 0 Bo-soul 71, 88-89 Body of the decease d Bathing of 73 , 85, 134, 231, 232 Claiming of 30 8 Contact with 83 , 231 Handling of 134 , 230 350฀Index฀ Identification o f 209 , 286 , 290, 291 Touching of 73 , 83, 192, 231 Viewing of 134 , 231, 232, 299 Body-mind-spirit approach 254 , 315 Body-related expression s 258-25 9 Bowel obstruction 15 6 Breaking of bad new s 22 6 Browning ou t 22 0 Buddhist practice s Avoid crying 9 9 Don't touch the body of deceased 9 9 Meditation 9 9 Reciting th e name o f Buddha 9 9 Buddhism 93 , 128, 143, 215, 262 Burden o f illness 13 9 Burden t o others 130 , 131, 172, 186, 246 Burial 68 , 113 Burnout 22 0 Cachexia 147 , 162 Calmness 30 7 Care a t home 185 , 186 Caring fo r the dea d 9 0 the living 9 0 Cause and effec t 9 6 CDE Model 23 3 Chants 92 , 98, 99, 302 Children a s possession 24 2 Chinese Medicine 19 5 Ching Ming Festival 115 , 263 Chung Yeung Festival26 3 Cleansing after funera l 5 , 70, 76 Commonality, Sense of 26 3 Communication, Facilitating 23 3 Indirect 26 2 Non-verbal 228,23 3 Communication skill s 227 , 233 Communication wit h patients an d families 165,22 8 Community-based service s 243 , 255, 273 Community car e 164 , 18 3 Community education 147 , 153, 256, 286 Community nursing service 18 4 Compassion 215 , 217, 218, 219, 222, 227, 311 Compensation 24 4 Complementary and alternative medicin e (CAM) 195,31 3 Concealment o f cause of death 29 5 Condolence card s 25 4 Confucian tradition s 6 9 Confucians 90 , 128, 142, 143, 186, 211, 216, 242, 267 Connectedness 35 , 45, 46, 57, 217, 311 Consensus-building approac h 17 6 Constipation 14 2 Consultative servic e 147 , 184 Continuing Bond 258 , 259, 263, 267, 270, 283 Continuous effor t 30 8 Continuous Qualit y Improvement (CQI ) 163,164 Coroner 10 5 Coroners Ordinanc e 10 8 Cremation 68 , 113, 286, 291, 308 CT-scans 11 4 Culture 258 , 261, 271, 277, 291, 295 Cycle of life and deat h 9 3 Daoism, 87 , 128, 143 Definition o f 8 7 History of 8 7 Daoist masters, daoshi 9 1 Daoist philosophy 17 1 Daoist rites Attack on hel l 9 1 Bathing and dressing 9 1 Crossing the bridge 91 , 92 Invocation o f Daoist God 9 1 Penitential litanie s 88 , 91 Retreat 8 8 Recitation scare d scripture s 88 , 91 Rituals of merit 8 8 Summons o f the sou l 8 9 Universal deliverance o f hungr y ghosts 9 1 Untying the knots 9 1 Daoist texts Scripture of Great Peace 87, 89 Day care 16 4 Death, Acceptance of 131 , 230 Acknowledgement o f 261 , 279 Index...