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"A beautiful introduction to this pioneering and innovative work. With history and foundations of dignity in care, and step by step guidance for readers interested in implementing the program, this volume illuminates how dignity therapy can change end-of-life experience for those about to die - and for those who will grieve their passing.















 

Dignity Therapy
Final Words for Final Days
By Harvey Max Cochinov

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_ Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care. Translating that principle into methods of guiding care at the end of life, however, can be a complicated and daunting task. Dignity therapy, a psychological intervention developed by Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and his internationally lauded research group, has been designed specifi cally to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as they grapple with the reality of life drawing to a close. Tested with patients with advanced illnesses in Canada, the United States, Australia, China, Japan, Scotland, England, and Denmark, and Portugal, dignity therapy has been shown to not only benefit patients, but their families as well.

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ISBN13: 9780195176216
ISBN10: 0195176219
Hardback, 224 pages
Dec 2011
Price: $49.95
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_Dr. Harvey Max Cochinov is an international leader in palliative care. He is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and Director of the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit at CancerCare Manitoba. His seminal publications on psychosocial issues in advanced illness have helped defi ne core competencies and standards of palliative end-of-life care.
 

Reviewer comments

_"A remarkable book"

"A detailed roadmap and an extra-ordinary guide"

"Because it will help us to better help our patients and their families, his work is a gift to palliative care clinicians everywhere."

"A rich blend of a deep understanding of the existential concerns of the seriously ill and dying, and an incredibly practical resource for clinicians."



 
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