A brilliant young transplant surgeon brings moral intensity and narrative drama to the most powerful and vexing questions of medicine and the human condition. When Chen began medical school, she dreamed of saving lives--what she did not count on was how much death would be a par…
Concepts & sources of meaning : introductions and meaning -- Cancer & meaning : identity before and after cancer diagnosis -- Historical sources of meaning : life as legacy that has been given [past] and life as legacy that one lives [present] and gives [future] -- Attitudinal s…
The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of ""meaning"" in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antide…
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) for advanced cancer patients is a highly effective intervention for advanced cancer patients, developed and tested in randomized controlled trials by Breitbart and colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. This treatment manual fo…
The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of ""meaning"" in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antide…
Physicians, philosophers, and theologians consider how to address death and dying for a diverse population in a secularized century. (Publisher).
"We use "mortal time" in our work to mean the experience of human beings confronting the prospect of death. This confrontation can stimulate intense feelings, a flurry of thoughts, and erratic or unusual behavior. In the broadest sense, mortal time is entered whenever death come…
"This book introduces a process-based, patient-centered approach to palliative care that substantiates an indication-oriented treatment and radical reconsideration of our transition to death. Drawing on decades of work with terminally ill cancer patients and a trove of research …
"When Professionals Weep speaks to the humbling and often transformational moments that clinicians experience in their careers as caregivers and healersâ#x80;#x94;moments when it is often hard to separate the influence of our own emotional responses and worldviews from the patie…
End-of-life care is a specialized area of work that crosses a number of academic and professional disciplines, including social work, counselling, physical medicine, geriatrics, nursing, counselling, psychology, and social work. This text considers some of the most important iss…
