Dying: A Transition

by Monika Renz

Book Overview

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 on near-death experiences, Monika Renz encourages practitioners to not only safeguard patients' dignity as they die but also take stock of their verbal, nonverbal, and metaphorical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231170882
• ISBN13: 9780231170888
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher