Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving

by Andrea Sankar

Book Overview

A growing number of people choose to live their final weeks or months at home. For patients who cannot benefit from acute care in the hospital, home care offers an alternative to a nursing home or hospice. Advances in medical technology and pharmacology allow even those with serious illnesses to remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, and professional services are increasingly available to assist family caregivers with work that is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801862027
• ISBN13: 9780801862021
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"