Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgment V
3. Contents VII
4. Preface XI
5. Introduction: Principles of Thanatology XV
6. Part I. Psychosocial Aspects of Care
7. 1. Care of the Patient with Coronary Heart Disease 3
8. 2. Care of the Severely Ill Cardiovascular Patient 15
9. 3. Approaches to the Seriously Cardiac Patient 23
10. 4. Psychological Intervention During Transfer from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit 33
11. 5. The Psychosocial Needs of the Cardiovascular Patient 39
12. Part II. Personality Patterns and Coronary Heart Disease
13. 6. Introduction to Part II: The Cardiovascular Patient 47
14. 7. Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease 49
15. 8. Sudden, Unexpected Death in Patients with Healed Myocardial Infarction 61
16. 9. The Role of Type A Behavior Pattern in Coronary Heart Disease 71
17. 10. Thoughts on the Current Status of Investigations of Personality Patterns and Coronary Heart Disease 81
18. 11. Toward an Index of Emotional Drain: A Comparative Study of Coronary Patients and Controls 95
19. Part III. Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Surgery
20. 12. Interactions Among Patient, Family, Cardiovascular Surgeon, And Staff 109
21. 13. Psychosocial Implications of Surgery for the Life-Threatened 119
22. 14. Heart Disease, Heart Surgery, and Death 129
23. 15. Psychological Preparation of the Cardiac Surgery Patient 137
24. 16. Surgery and the Congenital Cardiac Patient 147
25. 17. Assessing and Expanding the Coping Abilities of the Child Hospitalized for Cardiac Surgery 155
26. 18. Nursing Care of the Cardiosurgical Patient 165
27. 19. The Rapid Rise of Heart Clubs 171
28. 20. Changes in Family Interrelationships Following Cardiac Surgery 175
29. Part IV. Care of the Stroke Patient
30. 21. The Stroke Patient 189
31. 22. Stroke Symptoms and Their Implications 195
32. Part V. The Life-Threatened Patient
33. 23. To Die from Cancer or from a Heart Attack 203
34. 24. Cardiovascular Disease and Cancers Comparisons and Contrasts 209
35. 25. Role of Death Concern in Cardiac Illness 215
36. 26. A Cardiac Patient Speaks Out 221
37. 27. Reflections on Facing Death 225
38. 28. Two Men, Four Episodes 239
39. 29. Commemoration Wishes 245
40. Part VI. Commentaries from Physicians
41. 30. An Amateur Looks at Psychosocial Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease 251
42. 31. Responsibility of the Physician in the Preservation of Life 253
43. 32. Death 257
44. Part VII. Psychosocial Aspects of Bereavement
45. 33. Understanding Your Grief 263
46. 34. Methodological Problems in Assessing the Relationship Between Acuteness of Death and the Bereavement Outcome 267
47. 35. Survivors of Cardiovascular and Cancer Deaths 277
48. 36. Living with Cardiovascular Disease: A Widow’s Perspective 295
49. Appendixes
50. A. The Facts of Cardiovascular Disease 305
51. B. The California “Right To Die” Law 333
52. C. The Living Will 339
53. D. Confidential Financial Checklist for the Terminally Ill 341
54. General Bibliography 351
55. Index 353
56. List of Contributors 359