Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving:

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Year: 1999
Pages: 298
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 801862027

Product Code: 756771129

Description

Andrea Sankar (au). A growing number of people choose to live their final weeks or months at home. For patients who cannot benefit from acute care in the hospital, home care offers an alternative to a nursing home or hospice. Advances in med. tech. & pharmacology allow even those with serious illnesses to remain at home relatively free of pain & symptoms. Professional services are avail. to assist family caregivers with work that is often physically & emotionally exhausting. Here is practical advice about assuming as much control as possible over the process of dying. Provides info. on hospice home care teams, pain medication, HIV & AIDS, leg’n. on death with dignity, physician-assisted suicide, & sources of info. Represents a wide range of circumstances & causes of death.

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