Good+ 0231042582; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Very minor

Good+ 0231042582; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Very minor edge soil/foxing. Small damp stain at top of endpapers and first flyleaf. Contents are clean and unworn. No DJ.; 9-1/8" Tall, xvii + 288pp. Black cloth, orange spine lettering. MEDICAL. Additional Editors: Jean Collard, Janet Starr, Josephine A. Lockwood, Austin H. Kitscher, Irene B. Seeland, Lillian G. Kutscher. "Twentieth-century advances in medical research, information, and technology have served to elevate the importance of hospital care for the acutely and chronically ill patient, but the result has been dependence on the hospital as a place where recovery may be assured and where terminal care should be given. This volume describes viable alternatives to the traditional in-hospital programs for terminal care, among them home care programs and also hospice-type programs similar to those already opertaive in other parts of the world. The basic premise of the contributing authors is that terminal care can be provided in effective and humanitarian ways beyond the walls of an institution and that professional caregivers can provide a variety of options for a higher degree of emotional and physical support for patients and their families when death approaches. " List of Contributors. Index.