Dying at home a family guide for caregiving
"This will be the third edition of this title, heavily updated from the 1999 second edition"--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2024.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Johns Hopkins Press health book.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: home death: a return to tradition
- Taking the patient home to die
- Strangers in the home: the use of formal support
- Caregiving
- Social support
- The well-being of the caregiver
- Planning for death and remembrance
- Challenging situations: slowing or hastening death?
- Demystifying death
- Conclusion: living while dying
- Appendix A. Tasks and challenges of caregiving
- Appendix B. Resources
- Appendix C. Legal issues
- Appendix D. Next-step planning after death
- Appendix E. Medical aid in dying
- Appendix F. Pain at the end of life.
