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In the past, most people encountered death at a relatively young age. Dying relatives were cared for at home, and mortality rates were higher. Today, there is much less familiarity with death, which increasingly takes place in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. This wide-ranging and enlightening...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leishman, June L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Keswick : M & K Publishing, 2009.
Temas:
Death > Psychological aspects.
Death > Social aspects.
Terminal care.
Bereavement.
Attitude to Death
Bereavement
Terminal Care
Mort > Aspect psychologique.
Mort > Aspect social.
Soins en phase terminale.
Deuil.
mourning.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
Death > Psychological aspects
Death > Social aspects
Terminal care
United Kingdom
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In the past, most people encountered death at a relatively young age. Dying relatives were cared for at home, and mortality rates were higher. Today, there is much less familiarity with death, which increasingly takes place in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. This wide-ranging and enlightening book offers an exploration of death and dying as human conditions that impact on the individual, their significant others and those involved with their care and well-being. It is aimed at medical and healthcare staff, social workers and counsellors, as well as social sciences and health psychology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 136 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781907830211
1907830219

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