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Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days
Harvey Max Chochinov
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Description for Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMC; MMJ; MQU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care. Translating that principle into methods of guiding care at the end of life, however, can be a complicated and daunting task. Dignity therapy, a psychological intervention developed by Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and his internationally lauded research group, has been designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as they grapple with the reality of life drawing to a close. Tested with patients with advanced illnesses in Canada, the United States, Australia, China, Scotland, England, and Denmark, ... Read more
Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care. Translating that principle into methods of guiding care at the end of life, however, can be a complicated and daunting task. Dignity therapy, a psychological intervention developed by Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and his internationally lauded research group, has been designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as they grapple with the reality of life drawing to a close. Tested with patients with advanced illnesses in Canada, the United States, Australia, China, Scotland, England, and Denmark, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
199
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
455g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195176216
SKU
V9780195176216
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Ref
99-83
About Harvey Max Chochinov
Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov is an international leader in palliative care. He is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and Director of the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit at CancerCare Manitoba. His seminal publications on psychosocial issues in advanced illness have helped define core competencies and standards of palliative end-of-life care. Dr. Chochinov has also ... Read more
Reviews for Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days
This is truly a remarkable book - it simultaneously brings together the best we know of the science of palliative care with the essence and best of compassionate care.
Jimmie C. Holland, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre
For all health professionals who find themselves struggling to help patients face the complex process of dying, this book is both a ... Read more
Jimmie C. Holland, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre
For all health professionals who find themselves struggling to help patients face the complex process of dying, this book is both a ... Read more