Death, Dying and Bereavement - A Hong Kong Chinese Experience : The Hong Kong Chinese Experience

Foreword ix Robert A. Neimeyer Foreword xi Che Hung Leong Foreword xiii Vivian Taam Wong Preface xv Contributors xiii Introduction 1(14) Amy Yin Man Chow Cecilia Lai Wan Chan PART ONE DEATH Our Memorial Quilt: Recollections of Observations from Clinical Practice on Death, Dying and Bereavement 15(16) Cecilia Lai Wan Chan Amy Yin Man Chow A Personal Journey: The Physician, the Researcher, the Relative, and the Patient 31(34) Yvonne Yi Wood Mak ``Letting Go'' and ``Holding On'': Grieving and Traditional Death Rituals in Hong Kong 65(22) Peter Ka Hing Cheung Cecilia Lai Wan Chan Wai Fu Yawen LI Grace Yee Kam Pau Cheung Making Peace with the Unknown: A Reflection on Daoist Funerary Liturgy 87(6) Chi Tim Lai Death from the Buddhist View: Knowing the Unknown 93(12) Jing Yin Autopsy in Chinese: A Forensic Pathologist's View 105(12) Philip Swan Lip Beh Death Metaphors in Chinese 117(10) Wing Shan Cheung Samuel Mun Yin Ho What Is Good Death: Bridging the Gap between Research and Intervention 127(12) Wallace Chi Ho Chan Heung Sang Tse Timothy Hang Yee Chan PART TWO DYING Impact of Palliative Medicine on the Quality of Life of the Dying 139(12) Michael Mau Kong Sham Kin Sang Chan Doris Man Wah Tse Raymond See Kit Lo Dying: The Last Month 151(18) Raymond See Kit Lo Euthanasia and Forgoing Life-sustaining Treatment in the Chinese Context 169(14) Chun Yan Tse Samantha Mei Che Pang Community Palliative Care in Hong Kong 183(12) Faith Chun Fong Liu The Role of Chinese Medicine in Cancer Palliative Care 195(14) Siu Man Ng Providing End-of-Life Care: Enhancing Effectiveness and Resilience 209(16) Peter Wing Ho Lee Tracy Tak Ching Kwan Care for Chinese Families with Patients Facing Impending Death: Nurses' Perspectives 225(16) Amy Yin Man Chow Jess Shuk Fun Lo Wendy Wai Yin Li Carmen Yuek Yan Lai Walking a Tightrope: The Loss and Grief of Parents with a Child Suffering from Cancer in Shanghai 241(12) Vivian Wei Qun Lou Cecilia Lai Wan Chan PART THREE BEREAVEMENT Bereavement Care in Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future 253(8) Amy Yin Man Chow Cecilia Lai Wan Chan When East Meets West: The Implication for Bereavement Counselling 261(12) Brenda Wing Sze Koo Agnes Fong Tin Elaine Wai Kwan Koo Sze-man Lee The Use of Structured Therapeutic Bereavement Groups 273(12) Agnes Fong Tin Elaine Wai Kwan Koo Sze-man Lee The Use of Volunteers in Bereavement Care 285(8) Eddie Ho Chuen Chan The Day After: The Suicide Bereavement Experience of Chinese in Hong Kong 293(16) Amy Yin Man Chow Conclusion 309(10) Cecilia Lai Wan Chan Amy Yin Man Chow Reference 319(30) Index 349