A guide to psychosocial and spiritual care at the end of life. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Henry S. Perkins.
• Authors: Perkins, Henry S
• Contents: Psychosocial and Spiritual Care with the End of Life in Sight -- The Symptoms and Signs of Dying -- Decisions at the Ends of Patients' Lives -- Risks, Benefits, and Patients' Treatment Decisions at the End of Life -- The Challenges of Prognosis Near the End of Life -- Advance Care Planning and Preparing to Die -- Proxy Decision-Making at the End of Life -- Impact of Terminal Illness on the Family -- Care for Family Caregivers -- Culture and End-of-Life Care -- The "Right" Time and Way to Die -- Going Home, the Afterlife, and Other Beliefs About Death -- Bereavement and Grief -- Giving End-of-Life Spiritual Care -- A Look Back, a Look Now, and a Look Forward.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 486 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 362.17/5; Terminal care; Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects; Terminal care -- Psychological aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Terminal care; Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects; Terminal care -- Psychological aspects; Medicine & Public Health; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Health Psychology; Aging; Terminal Care; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493968046; 1493968041
• Related ISBNs: 9781493968022; 1493968025
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 23, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.