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The Art of Conversation in Cancer Care - Richard P. McQuellon, Michael A. Cowan

The Art of Conversation in Cancer Care

Lessons for Caregivers
Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2021 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-750029-3 (ISBN)
CHF 27,90 inkl. MwSt
Every day, thousands of people are diagnosed with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses. Despite the best of intentions, it is not always easy to communicate well under these circumstances or find deep empathy for something one has never experienced. When is it best to speak, and when to be silent? How can someone provide real comfort, and how can relationships with loved ones facing serious illness be enhanced in this most difficult time?

Written by a psychosocial oncologist and psychologist-theologian, The Art of Conversation in Cancer Care: Lessons for Caregivers offers practical suggestions for health professionals, families, and friends about talking to one who has cancer. This revised and updated second edition is organized around the themes of mortal time and healing conversation with cancer patients and their caregivers. Mortal time is not so much a specific period, but rather, the psychological experience encountering mortality that often accompanies the diagnosis of cancer.

The first section of the book articulates the many ways people experience mortal time, including a range of adaptive and less adaptive methods. Next, the basic elements of healing conversation are delineated, with an emphasis on the hope that can spring from talking with a trusted companion. Empathy, listening carefully, and responding thoughtfully and compassionately are discussed. In the final section, the authors offer guidance for caregivers. This section includes material on the risks and costs of companionship as well as personal virtues that help a person navigate the demands of mortal time with their loved one. The authors discuss resilience and the consequences of absorbing suffering including empathy shift where the cancer caregiver becomes less empathic with minor illnesses in others. They conclude with the power of healing conversation in mortal time as a source of hope. Throughout, numerous patient vignettes illustrate the art of conversation in cancer medicine.

Richard P. McQuellon, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director, Psychosocial Oncology, Wake Forest University Baptist Health System, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Michael A. Cowan, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Theology, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, Oxford University; Research Affiliate, Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, Oxford University.

Introduction

Part I. The Many Meanings of Mortal Time

Part II. Hope from Conversation

Part III. Guidance for Caregivers

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 142 x 211 mm
Gewicht 204 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Trennung / Trauer
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pflege Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung
ISBN-10 0-19-750029-3 / 0197500293
ISBN-13 978-0-19-750029-3 / 9780197500293
Zustand Neuware
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