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Handbook for mortals : guidance for people facing serious illness / Joanne Lynn, Joan Harrold and the Center to Improve Care of the Dying, George Washington University.
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Title:Handbook for mortals : guidance for people facing serious illness / Joanne Lynn, Joan Harrold and the Center to Improve Care of the Dying, George Washington University.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
Harrold, Joan K.
Center to Improve Care of the Dying.
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Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WB310 .H353 1999
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Death.
Terminally ill.
Terminal care.
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Medical Subjects: Terminally Ill--psychology.
Terminal Care--psychology.
Attitude to Death.
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Description:xiv, 242 p. : illustrations.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:0195116623 (alk. paper)
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Contents:Foreword / Rosalynn Carter
1. Living with serious illness
2. Enduring and changing
3. Finding meaning
4. Helping family make decisions and give care
5. Getting the help you need
6. Talking with your doctor
7. Controlling pain
8. Managing other symptoms
9. Learning about specific illnesses
10. Planning Ahead
11. Forgoing Medical Treatment
12. Hastening Death
13. Coping with events near death
14. dying of children
15. Dying suddenly
16. Enduring loss
17. Additional resources.