Title: A few months to live : different paths to life's end /
Authors: Staton, Jana.; Shuy, Roger W.; Byock, Ira
Publisher: Georgetown University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Terminally Ill psychology; Caregivers psychology; Attitude to Health; Death Social aspects Montana Missoula Case studies.; Death Montana Missoula Psychological aspects Case studies.; Terminally ill Montana Missoula Case studies.; Terminally ill Home care Montana Missoula Case studies.; Caregivers Montana Missoula Case studies.
Contents: Study participants -- Communicating about death and dying -- Planning and choices -- Professional care and doctor-patient communication -- Knowledge of illness and attitudes toward pain and death -- Daily life and meaningful activities -- Family caregiving experience -- Support and lack of support for family caregivers -- Personal growth, meaning and spirituality -- The final days of life -- Memorials at the end of life -- Some directions for understanding the end of life.