Handbook for mortals : guidance for people facing serious illness
Record details
- ISBN: 9780199744565
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Physical Description:
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xix, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Rosalynn Carter -- 1. Living with serious illness -- 2. Enduring and changing -- 3. Finding meaning -- 4. Helping family make decisions and give care -- 5. Getting the help you need -- 6. Talking with your doctor -- 7. Controlling pain -- 8. Managing other symptoms -- 9. Learning about specific illnesses -- 10. Planning Ahead -- 11. Forgoing Medical Treatment -- 12. Hastening Death -- 13. Coping with events near death -- 14. dying of children -- 15. Dying suddenly -- 16. Enduring loss -- 17. Additional resources. |
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Subject: | Catastrophic illness -- Popular works Terminally ill -- Popular works Death -- Popular works Terminal care -- Popular works Terminally Ill -- psychology Attitude to Death |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Interurban Library | R 726.8 H353 2011 (Text) | 26040003237571 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |