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Format:

Book

Author:

Title:

My mother, your mother : embracing "slow medicine" - the compassionate approach to caring for your aging loved ones / Dennis McCullough.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

xxiii, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Summary:

Counsels baby boomers on caring for aging parents through their final years, addressing the negative aspects of intensive care, discussing the pros and cons of alternative therapies, and sharing advice about the challenges of overseeing a parent's death.

Subjects:

Aging parents -- Care.

Aging parents -- Health and hygiene.

Aging parents -- Medical care.

Adult children of aging parents.

Long-term care of the sick.

Parent and child.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index.

Contents:

First things : the foundations of a new family understanding -- The eight stages of late life -- Station 1: Stability : "Everything is just fine dear." -- Mom -- Station 2: Compromise : "Mom's having a little problem." -- Dad -- Station 3: Crisis : "I can't believe she's in the hospital." -- Sister -- Station 4: Recovery : "She'll be with us for a while." -- Rehabilitation nurse -- Station 5: Decline : "We can't expect much more." -- Visiting nurse -- Station 6: Prelude to dying : "I sense a change in her spirit." -- Nurse in long-term care -- Station 7: Death : "You'd better come now." -- Hospice nurse -- Station 8: Grieving/legacy : "We did the right things ..." -- Brother -- Epilogue -- Slow medicine websites -- Slow medicine reading -- Slow medicine cinema.

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Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

2008299594

ISBN:

9780061243028

0061243027

9780061243035

0061243035

Other Number:

156818260

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

208672

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

306.874 McCullou