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    Medical Ethics and Meaning at End of Life
    Medical Ethics and Meaning at End of Life
    Medical Ethics and Meaning at End of Life
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    Medical Ethics and Meaning at End of Life

    By Richard George Boudreau

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    End-of-life issues, including fear of dying, have been recognized as a factor hindering psychosocial functioning in elderly populations.

    As people age, many focus with increasing intensity on the issues they face as elderly members of society and as people facing end-of-life decision-making. The inevitability of death does not detract from the onset of death anxiety.

    An emerging strategy is the use of existential philosophical principles in the creation of an operational psychoanalytic praxis. Because end-of-life issues often result in the desire by individuals to confront their existence (existential philosophy), the application of an existential psychotherapeutic approach has been introduced as a part of existing research.

    This has led to the identification of “death fear” as a major development in the presence of end-of-life assessments. An operational psychoanalytic model that addresses the issue of the fear of death is a major development.

    The underlying belief shared by researchers is that fear is inherent for both doctors and patients and requires understanding and compassion on both sides of the equation. This research study is designed to assess the models or psychoanalytical praxes introduced when addressing the needs of elderly individuals and to evaluate both the historical context in which they were formed and the support mechanisms for their continuation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchway Publishing
    Release dateDec 2, 2021
    ISBN9781665707435
    Medical Ethics and Meaning at End of Life
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    Richard George Boudreau

    Richard George Boudreau is a maxillofacial surgeon, bioethicist, attorney at law, and forensic expert. He has earned numerous academic credentials, including MA, MBA, DDS, MD, JD, PhD, PsyD degrees. He holds several fellowships and is on the faculty of the U.C.L.A. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He volunteers as a teacher and is passionate about health care, law, theology, philosophy, education, and public policy. He is a regular bioethics contributor to several magazines and newspapers and has written several other books.

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