Living Well with a Serious Illness

A Guide to Palliative Care for Mind, Body, and Spirit

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781421445984

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By Robin Bennett Kanarek
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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224

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Foreword by Sunita Puri, MD Introduction: David's Story 1. What is Palliative Care? 2. Barriers to Palliative Care: Taking Care of the Person Versus Fighting the Disease 3. How We Want to Die: Palliative Care's Benefits for Patients and Their Loved Ones 4. How to Get the Care You Want: Knowing What to Ask For, What to Expect, and What to Demand 5. How to Cope When Illness Changes Everything: Quality-of-Life Care Includes the Family 6. Putting it All Together: Creating an Action Plan for When the End is Near 7. Spirituality and Well-Being: Care of the Spirit Matters Too 8. Grief: Tapping into Restorative Sources After Goodbye 9. Making Palliative Care Mainstream: What Legislators, Philanthropists, Educators, and You Can Do Epilogue: David's Legacy-The Kanarek Family Foundation Resources Acknowledgments About the Author Index
Robin Bennett Kanarek (GREENWICH, CT) is the president of the Kanarek Family Foundation, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for those affected by serious, life-threatening conditions through promoting, integrating, and educating the medical industry and the public about palliative and supportive care in all areas of health care.

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