The home hospital : how a family can cope with catastrophic illness /

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Author / Creator:Murphy, Lois Barclay, 1902-2003
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
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ISBN:0465030416
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 327-338.
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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