Life to be lived - Challenges and choices for patients and carers in life-threatening illnesses (Paperback)

How do people face life-limiting illness and death? This challenging question is discussed in-depth in Life to be Lived by looking at the feelings, hopes, fears and stresses associated with life-threatening illnesses, often experienced by patients and their carers. Drawn from research, clinical, and pastoral experiences, the authors examine the process of adjustment that patients and their families go through in major illnesses and when approaching the end of life. Life to be Lived is written in an accessible style using many stories shared by counsellors, chaplains, patients and relatives. Describing the messiness, uncertainties, and paradoxes that are part and parcel of living through an advanced illness, dying, and bereavement, but also what helps and heals, it reviews a range of responses to the challenges to patients and carers and the support, both personal and organisational. Life to be Lived is essential reading for professionals and trained volunteers who work as a part of multidisciplinary teams in palliative and end-of-life care to improve their understanding of the attitudes and behaviour of patients and carers. Families and friends will also benefit from this book as they try to come to terms with their own situations and how they can cope better with them.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2014
Authors:	Catherine Proot (Psychological Specialist in Palliative Care and Bereavement Coordinator) • Michael Yorke (Retired Priest and Vice Chairman, The Norfolk Hospice, UK)
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-968501-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Palliative medicine Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Medical counselling Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Terminal care nursing Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with death & bereavement Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	0-19-968501-0
Barcode:	9780199685011

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