Crossing Over: Narratives of Palliative Care

Barnard, David

ISBN 10: 0195123433 / ISBN 13: 9780195123432

Edité par Oxford University Press 2000-02, 2000

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N° de réf. du vendeur 6666-IUK-9780195123432

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Crossing Over: Narratives of Palliative Care
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press 2000-02
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195123433
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195123432
• Reliure: PF
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Crossing Over provides a unique view of patients, families, and their caregivers striving together to maintain comfort and hope in the face of incurable illness. The narratives weave together emotions, physical symptoms, spiritual concerns, and the stresses of family life, as well as the professional and personal challenges of providing hospice and palliative care. Based on a vast amount of participant-observation and in-depth interviews, It captures the breathtaking diversity of peoples aspirations and ideals as they face death and the views of the professionals who care for them.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume presents a series of case narratives, following individual patients and families throughout the course of illness and death in the context of hospice and palliative care. Using a variety of qualitative research methods, including participant-observation, interviews, and journal-keeping, the experiences, perceptions, and feelings of the patient, the family and a range of caregivers are recorded, providing the reader with rich, multi-textured narratives. Going beyond conventional case reports in Medicine, typically concentrating on symptoms and treatment, these narratives depict how individuals find personal meaning in illness, and how this influences the experience and outcome of care.