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Dying at Home
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-6203-8 (ISBN)
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Dying at Home is an intimate account based on extensive interviews with family and professional caregivers as well as with other family members, friends, and patients. The author addresses the concerns and problems of those who face the decision of whether to care for a dying loved one at home, including preparing the home environment for caregiving; how to use professional caregivers in the home setting; managing the patient's pain, agitation, and other conditions; and how to recognize impending death and what to do immediately after death. She draws from stories that represent a wide range of circumstances and causes of death. At home, surrounded by family and friends in a comforting environment, patients have some control over what remains of their lives. "Home death is a powerfully significant experience," the author writes, "despite the strain, exhaustion, and conflict that sometimes accompany it. Its power lies in the fact that in the face of certain death, the caregiver can give the person life, that is, the continuation of life as a social being."
Andrea Sankar, a medical anthropologist and gerontologist, heads the Medical Anthropology Program in the Department of Anthropology at Wayne State University, and is research scientist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. She is co-author, with Jaber Gubrium, of The Home Care Experience.
List of Illustrations and Tables
Preface to the Revised Edition
Acknowledgements
Some Who Died At Home
Introduction
Chapter 1. Taking the Patient Home to Die
Chapter 2. Strangers in the Home: The Use of Formal Support
Chapter 3. Caregiving
Chapter 4. Social Support
Chapter 5. The Well-Being of the Caregiver
Chapter 6. Demystifying Death
Chapter 7. After Death
Conclusion. Living While Dying
Appendix A. Tasks and Problems of Caregiving
Appendix B. Additional Resources
Appendix C. Pain Medications
Appendix D. Sample Letters
Appendix E. Caregiving and HIV
Appendix F. Michigan Dignified Death Act
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.3.2000 |
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Reihe/Serie | A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book |
Zusatzinfo | 9 Line drawings, black and white |
Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 425 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8018-6203-5 / 0801862035 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-6203-8 / 9780801862038 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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