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" Handbook for mortals : "
Joanne Lynn, Joan Harrold and the Center to Improve Care of the Dying, George Washington University.
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1034685
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b789055
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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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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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xiv, 242 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0195116623
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: 0195146018
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: 9780195116625
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: 9780195146011
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-228) and index.
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| Contents
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Living with serious illness -- Enduring and changing -- Finding meaning -- Helping family make decisions and give care -- Getting the help you need -- Talking with your doctor -- Controlling pain -- Managing other symptoms -- Learning about specific illnesses -- Planning ahead -- Forgoing medical treatment -- Hastening death -- Coping with events near death -- The dying of children -- Dying suddenly -- Enduring loss.
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Discusses the needs of the terminally ill, preparing for death, and coping with grief.
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Death.
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Terminal care.
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Terminally ill.
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Death.
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Death.
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Terminal care.
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Terminally ill.
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Terminal Care.
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Dood.
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Patiënten.
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Ziekte.
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Zorg.
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Attitude to Death.
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Patient Education as Topic.
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Terminal Care-- psychology.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1/75
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R726.8.H353 1999
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1999 F-949
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WB 310H236 1999
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44.07bcl
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Harrold, Joan K.
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Lynn, Joanne,1951-
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Center to Improve Care of the Dying.
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