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Living in Death’s Shadow Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss / Emily K. Abel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abel, Emily K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caregivers--Psychology.
- Caregivers.
- Chronic Disease--psychology.
- Chronic Disease.
- Family Relations.
- Attitude to Death.
- Grief.
- Terminal care.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Personal Narratives
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Living in Death's Shadow is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand what it means to live with someone suffering from a chronic, fatal condition, including cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, and heart disease.
- Contents:
- "The human touch" : defining the good doctor
- "Hope became a companion in our home" : enrolling in clinical trials
- When medicine fails
- Caring by kin : preventing stress and preserving dignity
- The shadow workforce in hospitals and nursing homes
- The evolution of hospice care : transforming the role of kin.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-2185-2
- OCLC:
- 966449145
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