The Resource Life after the diagnosis : expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers, Steven Z. Pantilat, MD
Life after the diagnosis : expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers, Steven Z. Pantilat, MD
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- Summary
- In Life After the Diagnosis, Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, a renowned international expert in palliative care, shares innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness, outlines the steps that patients should take, and demystifies the medical system. He makes sense of what doctors say, what they actually mean, and how to get the best information to help make the best medical decisions. Dr. Pantilat covers everything from the first steps after the diagnosis and finding the right caregiving and support, to planning your future so your loved ones don't have to. He offers advice on how to tackle the most difficult treatment decisions and discussions and shows readers how to choose treatments that help more than they hurt, stay consistent with their values and personal goals, and live as well as possible for as long as possible
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 352 pages
- Contents
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- Part I: First steps after the diagnosis
- Bad news, now what?
- Moving forward
- Making decisions: hidden factors
- Prognosis: what doctors say, what they mean, and what patients hear
- Part II: Moving on and getting through
- Managing your medical care
- Controlling symptoms: pain, shortness of breath, and nausea
- Hope and the mood roller coaster
- Caregiving and support
- The news goes from bad to worse
- Big concepts, words, and goals
- Part III: Looking ahead
- The gift: planning your future so your loved ones don't have to
- Palliative care: you may not know what it means, but you want it
- Hospice care
- Difficult treatment decisions and discussions
- The end: what is it like?
- Isbn
- 9780738219387
- Label
- Life after the diagnosis : expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers
- Title
- Life after the diagnosis
- Title remainder
- expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Z. Pantilat, MD
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In Life After the Diagnosis, Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, a renowned international expert in palliative care, shares innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness, outlines the steps that patients should take, and demystifies the medical system. He makes sense of what doctors say, what they actually mean, and how to get the best information to help make the best medical decisions. Dr. Pantilat covers everything from the first steps after the diagnosis and finding the right caregiving and support, to planning your future so your loved ones don't have to. He offers advice on how to tackle the most difficult treatment decisions and discussions and shows readers how to choose treatments that help more than they hurt, stay consistent with their values and personal goals, and live as well as possible for as long as possible
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pantilat, Steven
- Dewey number
- 616.029
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Palliative treatment
- Terminal care
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Life after the diagnosis : expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers, Steven Z. Pantilat, MD
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: First steps after the diagnosis -- Bad news, now what? -- Moving forward -- Making decisions: hidden factors -- Prognosis: what doctors say, what they mean, and what patients hear -- Part II: Moving on and getting through -- Managing your medical care -- Controlling symptoms: pain, shortness of breath, and nausea -- Hope and the mood roller coaster -- Caregiving and support -- The news goes from bad to worse -- Big concepts, words, and goals -- Part III: Looking ahead -- The gift: planning your future so your loved ones don't have to -- Palliative care: you may not know what it means, but you want it -- Hospice care -- Difficult treatment decisions and discussions -- The end: what is it like?
- Control code
- ocn938991716
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780738219387
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 616.029 P195 ; XX-N ; [A16BP111, #17, 6@16.99, wjm/RT ]
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)938991716
- Label
- Life after the diagnosis : expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers, Steven Z. Pantilat, MD
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: First steps after the diagnosis -- Bad news, now what? -- Moving forward -- Making decisions: hidden factors -- Prognosis: what doctors say, what they mean, and what patients hear -- Part II: Moving on and getting through -- Managing your medical care -- Controlling symptoms: pain, shortness of breath, and nausea -- Hope and the mood roller coaster -- Caregiving and support -- The news goes from bad to worse -- Big concepts, words, and goals -- Part III: Looking ahead -- The gift: planning your future so your loved ones don't have to -- Palliative care: you may not know what it means, but you want it -- Hospice care -- Difficult treatment decisions and discussions -- The end: what is it like?
- Control code
- ocn938991716
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780738219387
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 616.029 P195 ; XX-N ; [A16BP111, #17, 6@16.99, wjm/RT ]
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)938991716
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