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

Publication Info. Atlanta, Ga. : American Cancer Society, [2005]
©2005

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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  616.994 WH    Check Shelf
Description xxx, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [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.
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.
Added Author Foley, Kathleen M., 1944-
American Cancer Society.
ISBN 0944235530 paperback alkaline paper
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