Crossing over : narratives of palliative care / / David Barnard [and others]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/75
• Soggetto topico: Palliative treatment; Terminal care
• Altri autori: BarnardDavid <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-447) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Introduction; Part I: The Narratives; 2. Raymond Hynes: When the Storm of a Lifetime Hits in Mid-Dance; 3. Albert Hoffer: Bonds Through Thick and Thin; 4. Klara Bergman: Burdens from the Past; 5. Frances Legendre: The Price of a Death of One's Own; 6. Shamira Cook: ""Who Am I?""; 7. Rose Picard: ""I'm Allowed to Be Happy Even Though I'm Dying""; 8. Victor Sloski: ""I Want to Die at Home""; 9. Leonard Patterson: Jagged Edges; 10. Miriam Lambert: Total Pain and the Despair of an Unlived Life; 11. Sadie Fineman: A Question of Denial? ; 12. Stanley Gray: ""Like Lazarus, He Came Back from the Dead""13. Martin Roy: Trying to Live and Die Well; 14. Richard Johnson: ""Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night""; 15. Jenny Doyle: ""Do I Really Belong in a Hospice Program Yet?""; 16. Jasmine Claude: A Study in Faith; 17. Katie Melnick: Living and Dying with God; 18. Susan Mulroney: A Private Matter; 19. Costas Metrakis: ""It Was Not a Peaceful Death""; 20. Joey Court: Death of a Child; 21. Paula Ferrari: Another Triumph of the Spiritual Over the Practical; Part II: Working with the Narratives; 22. Research Methods ; 23. Authors' Comments and Questions for DiscussionBibliography; Index of Themes; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; N; P; R; S; T
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents a series of case narritives, following individual patients and families throughout the course of illness and death in the context of hospice and palliative care.
• Titolo autorizzato: Crossing over
• ISBN: 1-280-76112-1; 0-19-974883-7; 9786610761128
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792245703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II