Gill Pharaoh

How to Manage Family Illness at Home (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"This sensitive and compassionate book...concentrates on the patient rather than the illness. It is immensely readable and interesting because it is illustrated with many personal stories. Gill Pharaoh gives us hope and brings out the best in human nature which sometimes happens when people are faced with a real crisis." Tony Benn

This book explains how to care for someone at home through a serious illness which may possibly end with death. It discusses practical issues from the shock of diagnosis, through to the day-to-day management of nursing someone at home.
The emphasis is on open communication within the family, and the understanding that there is no right or wrong way to manage illness at home: There are many examples of how other families have coped in similar circumstances.

There are no definitive answers in this scenario, but Gill Pharaoh hopes that by offering practical alternatives, and discussing the way other people have managed in similar situations, families will feel confident enough to make their own decisions. It is written for the whole family to read because if at the end of the illness, the patient dies, it is important that everyone concerned can feel that they have done their best and are free from feelings of guilt and regret.

About the Author: Gill Pharaoh has worked for many years in hospitals, hospices, and in the community, in palliative care and general nursing care. She is also author of Careers in Caring.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amolibros
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908557384
• Artikelnr.: 70897399

Autorenporträt

Gill Pharaoh has worked most of her nursing career in the homes of the people she cared for. She says, "A great deal depends on the nature and the attitude of the carers. I believe that a carer wants to be a good carer and do the job well. I have never met one who wanted to do the job badly. However, I have met many who have given up on caring." She is also author of Caring for the Dying at Home: A Practical Guide, published by Free Association Books.