Winter's End:
Dementia and Dying Well Cohen, Lewis |
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ISBN 13: 9780197748640 ISBN 10: 0197748643 Category: Palliative Care Edition: 1 Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 05/2024 Format: Paperback Status: Not Yet Published Imprint: Oxford University Press Affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine and University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine Audience: Professional and scholarly Pages: 256 Weight: 2 Retail Price: 39.95 (Tentative Price May Change) Quantity On Hand: 0 Quantity On Order: 0 |
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Synopsis: Arguably among the worst of all medical afflictions, the dementias slowly destroy one's personality, take a tremendous emotional, physical, and financial toll on patients and families, and are irreversible and inexorably fatal. Winter's End: Dementia and Its Life-Shortening Options is constructed around a lengthy and detailed nonfiction account that is layered with the voices of approximately 100 palliative medicine practitioners, legal scholars, bioethicists, social workers, nurses, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other authorities from North America and Europe. Winter's End is intended to catalyze conversations between clinicians, people affected by dementias, and the general public. It is a spellbinding and provocative book about a taboo subject that is increasingly germane to all aging societies that value patient autonomy. |
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