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Standing on his own two feet : a diary of dying / Sue Grant ; Foreword by David Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Sue, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bones--Cancer--Patients--Great Britain--Biography.
- Bones.
- Terminally ill--Great Britain--Biography.
- Terminally ill.
- Grant, Alexander--Health.
- Grant, Alexander.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Standing on His Own Two Feet offers an insight into how health care systems serve the terminally ill, the choices faced by families, and ways of providing the best possible care at home and maintaining the patient's dignity until the end. In particular, Sue Grant deals sensitively with the care needs of young adults.
- Contents:
- Starting out
- Moving to independency
- Back to square one
- Life in hospital
- Life at home
- A new leg
- Mixed outlook
- Emergencies
- Happiness
- Relapse
- Winding down
- Last weeks
- Saying goodbye
- Bridges.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-26206-0
- 9786610262069
- 1-84642-123-3
- OCLC:
- 62704026
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