Communicating with Dying People and Their Relatives

Jean Lugton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2000 | New edition
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-898507-85-7 (ISBN)

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A discussion of the support that can be provided for dying people and their relatives and close friends, by health professionals in hospitals, hospices and at home. Dr Jean Lugton explores the main emotional problems and focuses on the skills required to support the patient and relatives.

This text describes and discusses the support that can be provided for dying people and their relatives and close friends, by health professionals in hospitals, hospices and at home. Dr Jean Lugton explores the main emotional problems that patients, relatives, close friends and health professionals experience when someone is dying. The book also focuses on the skills required to support the patient and to provide pre- and post-bereavement counselling for relatives. The author aims to help readers establish and achieve standards of care for this important group of patients and clients.

Terminal illness; needs of staff caring for terminally ill people; breaking bad news; assessing continuing needs for information and support; planning support for family and close friends; preparing relatives for bereavement; making communication more effective; potential communication problems; a three-stage model for support in terminal care.

Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung
ISBN-10	1-898507-85-6 / 1898507856
ISBN-13	978-1-898507-85-7 / 9781898507857
Zustand	Neuware