Harvey Max Chochinov

Dignity Therapy

Final Words for Final Days

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Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care. Dignity therapy, a psychological intervention developed by Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov and his internationally lauded research group, has been designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as they grapple with the reality of life drawing to a close. In the first book to lay out the blueprintfor this unique and meaningful intervention, Chochinov addresses one of the most important dimensions of being human.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-517621-6
EAN: 9780195176216
Produktnummer: 16565926
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Masse: H24.3 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.5 cm 456 g
Gewicht: 456
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov is an international leader in palliative care. He is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and Director of the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit at CancerCare Manitoba. His seminal publications on psychosocial issues in advanced illness have helped define core competencies and standards of palliative end-of-life care. Dr. Chochinov has also been a guest lecturer in many major academic institutions around the world. He has been lauded for his contributions to palliative care, with awards and recognitions coming from the International Psycho-oncology Society, the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Psychiatric Association, the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, and the American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is Fellow of the Royal Societyof Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.