End-of-Life Care and Addiction

Name: End-of-Life Care and Addiction
Brand: SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY
SKU: 9780826121417
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A Family Systems Approach

SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANYISBN: 9780826121417

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By Suzanne Young Bushfield, Brad DeFord
Imprint: SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 296

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With a growing population comes an increased need to recognize the medical and psychological needs of older adults and their families, particularly towards the end of life. This unique guide will describe the challenges such persons and families present to those providing end of life care - and show caregivers how to best negotiate these issues with their clients and families. This title guides end of life care professionals on how to apply principles of addiction treatment in the context of end of life care. It identifies the known markers of substance abuse and appropriate interventions. It outlines current treatment approaches and options. It applies 'family systems' theory to end of life care.

Chapter One: Death and Addiction: A Family Affair; Chapter Two: Addiction Treatment: What Every End of Life Care Professional Should Know; Chapter Three: The Physiological, Psychological, and Spiritual Effects of Addiction; Chapter Four: What Every Hospice Team Needs to Know about Family Systems Theory; Chapter Five: Applying Family Systems to the End of Life Care of Addicted Persons and their Families; Chapter Six: Applying Family Systems to the Bereavement Care of Addicts' Families; Chapter Seven: Hospice Teams: Paths of Care; Chapter Eight: Hospice Team Members with Histories of Addiction.

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