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    Caring for the dying at home : a practical guide / Gill Pharaoh.

    • Title:Caring for the dying at home : a practical guide / Gill Pharaoh.
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    • Author/Creator:Pharaoh, Gill.
    • Published/Created:London : Free Association, 2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Terminally ill--Home care.
      Terminal care.
    • Description:xvii, 168 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-159) and index.
    • ISBN:1853437395 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Foreword / Tony Benn
      Review / Robin Howard
      1. emotional needs of the family on receiving the diagnosis
      2. Who should be told?
      3. services of the hospice and palliative care team
      4. Making decisions about work
      5. How much to tell the children?
      6. Caring for the carer
      7. Looking at ways in which everyone can help
      8. physical needs of the person who is ill
      9. use of aids and appliances
      10. Some common symptoms and the use of medication
      11. Physical comfort, health, and safety for everyone involved
      12. Children : managing change and planning for the future
      13. Long term care : unhappy families and mental health
      14. place for anger
      15. Dealing with depression and isolation
      16. question of euthanasia and suicide
      17. Dying at home
      18. Dying in hospital and a choice of funerals
      19. effects of bereavement
      20. What to say and what not to say
      21. Starting a new life alone.
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