Counseling Individuals with Life Threatening Illness - 2nd Edition by Kenneth J Doka (Paperback)This item is not available

This comprehensive guidebook, "Counseling Individuals with Life-Threatening Illness," provides a practical and compassionate approach to counseling individuals and families affected by life-threatening illnesses.

With characteristic clarity, the author draws on classic and contemporary literature, as well as his own pedagogy and practice in death and dying, to offer orienting concepts for the whole spectrum of care people may require when illness intrudes into their lives.

The book offers intelligent attention to the problems and prospects individuals confront at each phase of the illness trajectory, with countless examples of actual clinical situations bringing the concepts to life in a patient-centered way.

This holistic, family-centered guide is an essential resource for counselors, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals working in palliative care, providing a solid grounding in how to relate to patients and their families in a compassionate and patient-centered way.