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  Life after the diagnosis : expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers. First Da Capo Press edition.

  Steven Z. Pantilat, MD.

  Summary: "In Life After the Diagnosis, Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, a renowned international expert in palliative care, shares innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness, outlines the steps that patients should take, and demystifies the medical system. He makes sense of what doctors say, what they actually mean, and how to get the best information to help make the best medical decisions. Dr. Pantilat covers everything from the first steps after the diagnosis and finding the right caregiving and support, to planning your future so your loved ones don't have to. He offers advice on how to tackle the most difficult treatment decisions and discussions and shows readers how to choose treatments that help more than they hurt, stay consistent with their values and personal goals, and live as well as possible for as long as possible, "-- Amazon.com.
  
  Contents:
  Part I: First steps after the diagnosis
  Ba news, now what?
  Moving forward
  Making decisions: hidden factors
  Prognosis: what doctors say, what they mean, and what patients hear
  Part II: Moving on and getting through
  Managing your medical care
  Controlling symptoms: pain, shortness of breath, and nausea
  Hope and the mood roller coaster
  Caregivign and support
  The news goes from bad to worse
  Big concepts, words, and goals
  Part III: Looking ahead
  The gift: planning your future so your loved ones don't have to
  Palliative care: you may not know what it means, but you want it
  Hospice care
  Difficult treatment decisions and discussions
  The end: what is it like?

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  2017

  R726.5 .P35 2017

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