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The helping professional's guide to end-of-life care : practical tools for emotional, social, and spiritual support for the dying / E. Alessandra Strada, PhD.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strada, E. Alessandra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terminal care--Psychological aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Terminal care.
- Terminally ill--Family relationships--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Terminally ill.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Clinical psychologist E. Alessandra Strada presents The Helping Professional's Guide to End-of-Life Care, a complete manual designed to help chaplains, nurses, physicians, hospice workers, psychotherapists, palliative care specialists, and psychologists address the psychological needs of terminally ill and dying patients and their families.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; The Journey through Illness; Chapter 2; Developing a Healing Presence; Chapter 3; Working Effectively with the Medical Team; Chapter 4; Meeting with the Patient and the Family; Chapter 5; The Experience of Grief in Patients Who Are Approaching Death; Chapter 6; The Multidimensional Nature of Pain; Chapter 7; Anxiety; Chapter 8; Depression; Chapter 9; Exploring the Spiritual Domain; Chapter 10; When Death Is Imminent: Supporting Patients and Caregivers; Chapter 11; After the Death: Supporting the Mourning Process; Chapter 12
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781608822003
- 1608822001
- OCLC:
- 822018881
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