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Title:

When the focus is on care : palliative care and cancer / edited by Kathleen M. Foley ... [et al.] ; foreword by John R. Seffrin.

Publisher:

American Cancer Society,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xxx, 338 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Cancer--Palliative treatment
Palliative Treatment.
Palliative Care--Popular Works.
Adaptation, Psychological.--popular works.
Neoplasms--psychology.--popular works.
Neoplasms--Therapy.--popular works.
Terminal Care--Popular Works.

Other Authors:

Foley, Kathleen M., 1944-
American Cancer Society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-326) and index.

Contents:

What is palliative care and how can it help? -- Care throughout the course of your illness -- Making informed treatment decisions and getting good medical care -- Coping with a life-limiting illness -- Advance decision making -- Work and insurance -- Legal and financial matters -- Managing your symptoms -- Making the most of the last stage of your life -- Seeking meaning, connection, hope, and peace at the end of your life -- Learning to be a caregiver -- Caregiving in the final days -- Redefining life after a loved one dies.

ISBN:

9780944235539 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0944235530 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55940510

LCCN:

2004014736

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

NXPA663 -- Stacyville Public Library (Stacyville)