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Fading away
 — the experience of transition in families with terminal illness
Author(s)Betty Davies, Joanne Chekryn Reimer, Pamela Brown, Nola Martens
PublisherBaywood, Amityville, NY, 1995
Pages140 pp (Death, Value and Meaning series)
SourceBaywood Publishing Co., Inc. 26 Austin Avenue, Amityville, New York 11701 USA.
KeywordsTerminal care ; Cancer ; Family relationships ; Interviewing ; United States of America.
AnnotationThe purpose of this study was to examine the impact on families having a member with advanced cancer who was receiving palliative care either at home or in hospital. Research was based on interviews which focused on how the family was managing the illness situation, the patient's care, and the family's perceptions of care. This book presents the results of the research, offering a description of the experience of terminal cancer from a family perspective.
Accession NumberCPA-961029207 B
ClassmarkLV: CK: DS:SJ: 3DL: 7T

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