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When treatment fails : how medicine cares for dying children /

Illustrates how clinicians from different professional roles speak about the biological, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions of caring for terminally ill patients. This book analyzes their ways of making sense and giving meaning to their difficult experiences, unearthing common and disti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bearison, David J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Terminally ill children > Care.
Terminally ill children > Medical care.
Terminally ill children > Care > Psychological aspects.
Children.
Terminal Care > psychology
Child
Terminally Ill > psychology
Enfants malades en phase terminale > Soins.
Enfants malades en phase terminale > Soins médicaux.
Enfants malades en phase terminale > Soins > Aspect psychologique.
Enfants.
Enfance.
children (people by age group)
childhood.
Children
Terminally ill children > Care
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Illustrates how clinicians from different professional roles speak about the biological, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions of caring for terminally ill patients. This book analyzes their ways of making sense and giving meaning to their difficult experiences, unearthing common and distinct themes and issues across disciplines.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 289 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index.
ISBN:9780199999873
0199999872