Crossing Over: Narratives of Palliative Care - Softcover

Barnard, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195123433 ISBN 13: 9780195123432

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

Synopsis

Crossing Over provides a unique view of patients, families, and their caregivers striving together to maintain comfort and hope in the face of incurable illness. The narratives weave together emotions, physical symptoms, spiritual concerns, and the stresses of family life, as well as the professional and personal challenges of providing hospice and palliative care. Based on a vast amount of participant-observation and in-depth interviews, It captures the breathtaking diversity of peoples aspirations and ideals as they face death and the views of the professionals who care for them.

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Review

" this book is a must for any who fear the syndrome of tunnel vision in their role of caring, and an invaluable resource for any library. The succinct accounts of the final journey empasise the preeminence of people's psychosocial and spiritual needs. It powerfully challenges our well-defined ideal." Scottish Journal of Helathcare Chaplaincy vol4, no. 1

Synopsis

This volume presents a series of case narratives, following individual patients and families throughout the course of illness and death in the context of hospice and palliative care.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195123433
• ISBN 13: 9780195123432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464