"A Few Months to Live "describes what dying is like from the
perspectives of nine terminally ill individuals and their
caregivers. Documenting a unique study of end-of-life experiences
that included detailed conversations in home care settings, the
book focuses on how participants lived their daily lives,
understood their illnesses, coped with symptoms-especially pain-and
searched for meaning or spiritual growth in their final months of
life. The accounts are presented largely in the participants' own
words, illuminating both the medical and non-medical challenges
that arose from the time each learned the "bad news" through their
final days of life and memorial services.
Describing the nationwide crisis that surrounds end-of-life
care, the authors contend that informal caregiving by relatives and
close friends is an enormous and too-often invisible resource that
deserves close and public attention. By incorporating not only the
ill person's but also the family's perspective, they portray the
nine participants in the contexts of their daily lives and
relationships rather than simply as patients. Addressing such
issues as palliative care, quality of life, financial hardship,
grief and loss, and communications with medical personnel, the
authors identify how families, professionals, and communities can
respond to the challenges of terminal illness and the need to
confront life's end.
General
Imprint: |
Georgetown University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2001 |
First published: |
April 2001 |
Authors: |
Jana Staton
• Roger W. Shuy
• Ira Byock
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-87840-841-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
0-87840-841-X |
Barcode: |
9780878408412 |
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