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The dying process : patients' experiences of palliative care / Julia Lawton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawton, Julia, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palliative treatment.
- Terminal care.
- Death.
- Terminally Ill--psychology.
- Hospice Care.
- Medical Subjects:
- Terminally Ill--psychology.
- Hospice Care.
- Death.
- Physical Description:
- x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Summary:
- Focusing on an extremely challenging and sensitive area of care "The Dying Process" examines the experiences of dying patients. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted in a day care service for patients with incurable diseases and an inpatient hospice where the patients are approaching death, the book considers the most vivid yet painful time for the human body, the decline towards death.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0415226783
- 0415226791
- OCLC:
- 43096763
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