The home hospital : how a family can cope with catastrophic illness /
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| Author / Creator: | Murphy, Lois Barclay, 1902-2003 |
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| Imprint: | New York : Basic Books, c1982. |
| Description: | xx, 348 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/554965 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1. Catastrophic Illness and Home Care
- 2. Setting Up the Home Hospital
- 3. Principles of Home Care
- 4. Day by Day
- 5. Problems and Emergencies
- 6. Family Help, Nurses, and Doctors
- 7. The Patient's Feelings and Sense of Identity
- 8. Promoting Autonomy and Initiative
- 9. Visitors
- 10. Stress and Pain
- 11. Cancer
- 12. Catastrophic Illness in Children
- 13. Neurological Diseases, Stroke, and Senility
- 14. The Caregiver and the Family
- 15. Death
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Sources O F Further Help
- Index
