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Carers and caring are contemporary global issues of growing political and societal significance. Changing demographics in the UK and beyond, as well as policy drivers promoting community-based living, mean that the family is increasingly the site ...

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How do digital technologies shape both how people care for each other and, through that, who they are? With technological innovation is on the rise and increasing migration introducing vast distances between family members--a situation additionall...

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A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia is the first book to present a thorough picture of what Lewy body dementia really is. Combining current strategies for managing symptoms and behaviors with personal examples that connect to readers&ap...

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Winner, 2016 Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability, American Sociological Association, Section Disability and Society Examines the experiences of mothers coping with their childrens invisible disabilities in the face of daunting s...

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In 1999 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the famed aviator and author, moved from her home in Connecticut to the farm in Vermont where her daughter, Reeve, and Reeve's family live. Mrs. Lindbergh was in her nineties and had been rendered nearly speechl...

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Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery using gold celebrating imperfection.  Cancer Kintsugi is about repairing and reconnecting body, mind and spirit and healing beautifully and powerfully, embracing imperfection. There are...

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Best-selling author and professional nurse Michael Alexander offers practical and achievable advice on how you can get the best out of hospital visits and admission.In this short, fun and informative book, Michael Alexander, author of 'Confessions...

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An essential resource for all caregiversA must-read reference for those of you who are caregivers to either a member of your family or a friend, this heartwarming, supportive book explains to you the intricacies of the caregiving experience. The C...

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Family Caregiving in the New Normal discusses how the drastic economic changes that have occurred over the past few years have precipitated a new conversation on how family care for older adults will evolve in the future. This text summarizes the ...

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Family Caregiving in the New Normal discusses how the drastic economic changes that have occurred over the past few years have precipitated a new conversation on how family care for older adults will evolve in the future. This text summarizes the ...

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In their twilight years, people begin to rely more and more on their friends and family to get through their day. In Indian homes, it is not unusual to see adult children sandwiched between parenting and caregiving obligations, with both young chi...

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The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom ge...

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The issue of physician-assisted death is now firmly on the American public agenda. Already legal in five states, it is the subject of intense public opinion battles across the country. Driven by an increasingly aging population, and a baby boom ge...

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Navigating Life with Chronic Pain provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the challenges patients, family members, and caregivers face when confronted by chronic pain, showing that no two pain experiences are the same....

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Navigating Life with Chronic Pain provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the challenges patients, family, and caregivers face when confronted by chronic pain. No two pain experiences are the same, so your chronic pain...

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Navigating Life with Chronic Pain provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the challenges patients, family, and caregivers face when confronted by chronic pain. No two pain experiences are the same, so your chronic pain...

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Words and language have a powerful impact on interactions between physicians and patients. Words may heal or harm and language shapes how we see the world. For example, metaphors of wars and the military are ubiquitous and the militarized discours...

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Language exercises a powerful impact on medical care as the words that physicians use with patients have the power to heal or harm. The practice of medicine is shaped by the potent metaphors that are prevalent in clinical care, especially military...

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Language exercises a powerful impact on medical care as the words that physicians use with patients have the power to heal or harm. The practice of medicine is shaped by the potent metaphors that are prevalent in clinical care, especially military...

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Approximately 2.5 million people in the United States--one percent of the population--have an intellectual disability (previously referred to as mental retardation). These conditions range from genetic disorders such as Down syndrome to disabiliti...

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A survival guide for those facing kidney dialysis treatment due to end-stage renal disease. The author team offer practical advice and informatin on kidney dialysis so that readers can make informed decisions about their own care. Interviews with ...

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A survival guide for those facing kidney dialysis treatment due to end-stage renal disease. The author team offer practical advice and information on kidney dialysis so that readers can make informed decisions about their own care. Interviews with...

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This unique collection of personal narratives from doctors and other healthcare professionals humanizes the loss experience in medicine and illuminates opportunities for education, research, and intervention to better prepare healthcare profession...

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Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals is a unique collection of personal narratives that chronicle the journeys of doctors and other healthcare professionals who have been personally impacted by life-alteri...

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Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals is a unique collection of personal narratives that chronicle the journeys of doctors and other healthcare professionals who have been personally impacted by life-alteri...

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Twenty richly-detailed narratives vividly bring to life the experiences of dying and bereavement in Crossing Over, weaving together emotions, physical symptoms, spiritual concerns, and the stresses of family life, as well as the professional and p...

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Crossing Over provides a unique view of patients, families, and their caregivers in the face of incurable illness. Twenty richly-detailed narratives bring vividly to life the experiences of dying and bereavement, weaving together emotions, physica...

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