A Few Months to Live: Different Paths to Life's End

by Jana Staton, Ira Byock, Roger W. Shuy

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A Few Months to Live describes what dying is like from the perspectives of nine terminally ill individuals and their caregivers. Documenting a unique study of end-of-life experiences that included detailed conversations in home care settings, the book focuses on how participants lived their daily lives, understood their illnesses, coped with symptoms-especially pain-and searched for meaning or spiritual growth in their final months of life. The accounts...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:087840841X

ISBN13:9780878408412

Release Date:April 2001

Publisher:Georgetown University Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Administration & Policy Death Death & Grief Ethics Grief & Bereavement Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Humanities Linguistics Medical Ethics

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