Life to be lived : Challenges and choices for patients and carers in life-threatening illnesses.

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Author / Creator:Proot, Catherine.
Imprint:Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (311 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Terminal care.
Terminally ill -- Psychology.
Bereavement.
Terminal Care -- psychology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Bereavement.
Terminal care.
Terminally ill -- Psychology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12014492
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Other authors / contributors:Yorke, Michael.
ISBN:9780191508042
0191508047
9780191508035
0191508039
9780191765285
0191765287
0199685010
9780199685011
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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. De.
Other form:Print version: Proot, Catherine. Life to be lived : Challenges and choices for patients and carers in life-threatening illnesses. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2013 9780199685011