Towards Death with Dignity: Caring for Dying People

ISBN-13: 9781032046747 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 156 str.

Sylvia Poss

Opis

The explosion of literature on the once taboo topic of death and dying in the late 1970s had tended to pass the professional social worker by. First published in 1981, it was to fill this important gap that this title was written.

Spis treści

Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Part 1 – Approaching Death: The Terminal Crisis  1. Background  2. Adjustment to the Prospect of Death  3. Six Tasks Preparatory to Dying  4. Demands on the Family  Part 2 – The Role of the Caregiver  5. Caring Skills  6. Caring for the Dying Person and His Relatives  7. Working with Significant Others.  Appendix: List of Case Illustrations Appearing in the Text.  Select Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Sylvia Poss