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  • Caring for the Family Caregiver

    by Elaine Wittenberg, Joy Goldsmith, Sandra L. Ragan, Teri Ann Parnell ...
    Caring for the Family Caregiver examines the high cost and poorly addressed exigencies of the family caregiver in chronic illness, including health literacy, palliative care, and health outcomes, through the prism of communication. This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to identify the impact of communication and its burdens on the caregiver and presents four caregiver profiles: the Manager, ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Textbook of Palliative Care Communication

    Edited by Myra Glajchen, Elaine Wittenberg, PhD, Betty R. Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN, Joy Goldsmith, PhD, Thomas Smith, MD, Sandra Ragan, MD, The Rev. George Handzo ...
    The Textbook of Palliative Care Communication is the authoritative text on communication in palliative care, providing a compilation of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This volume was uniquely developed by an interdisciplinary editorial team to address an array of providers including physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains, and it unites clinicians with academic ... Read more

    $139.49 USD

  • Communication as Comfort

    Multiple Voices in Palliative Care

    by Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles, Joy Goldsmith, Sandra Sanchez Reilly ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This exceptional work explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical stages of the life experience--during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life. Challenging the predominantly biomedical model that informs much communication between seriously ill and/or dying patients and their physicians, caregivers, and families, Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles, Joy ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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    Have you ever sought professional help for an emotional problem and were shocked to find yourself diagnosed as mentally ill? Are you being pressured to take psychiatric medications by a doctor who barely listens to you?If you are one of the millions of consumers of professional mental healthcare in America today, the answer to both questions is most likely yesand its just as likely the treatment ... Read more

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  • McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine

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    Highly acclaimed in its first three editions, McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine is one of the seminal texts in the field. While many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a practitioner might see in clinical practice, McWhinney's defines the principles and practices of family medicine as a separate and distinct field of practice. The fourth edition presents six new clinical ... Read more

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  • Palliative Care

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    Edited by Diane E. Meier, Stephen L. Isaacs, Robert Hughes ...
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    Palliative Care is the first book to provide a comprehensive understanding of the new field that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness.Diane E. Meier, M.D., one of the field's leaders and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius award" in 2009, opens the volume with a sweeping overview of the field. In her essay, Dr. Meier examines the roots of palliative care, explores ... Read more

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