A Guide to Psychosocial and Spiritual Care at the End of Life

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Perkins, Henry S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Aging.; Health psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Health Psychology.

Psychological, social, and spiritual care is as important as physical care at the end of life.  Yet caregivers often feel ill-equipped to give that nonphysical care.  This book shows how to do it.   The book addresses all caregivers who attend dying patients:  doctors, nurses, chaplains, clergy in t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Psychosocial and Spiritual Care with the End of Life in Sight
• The Symptoms and Signs of Dying
• Decisions at the Ends of Patients’ Lives
• Risks, Benefits, and Patients’ Treatment Decisions at the End of Life
• The Challenges of Prognosis Near the End of Life
• Advance Care Planning and Preparing to Die
• Proxy Decision-Making at the End of Life
• Impact of Terminal Illness on the Family
• Care for Family Caregivers
• Culture and End-of-Life Care
• The “Right” Time and Way to Die
• Going Home, the Afterlife, and Other Beliefs About Death
• Bereavement and Grief
• Giving End-of-Life Spiritual Care
• A Look Back, a Look Now, and a Look Forward.