Living beyond limits : new hope and help for facing life-threatening illness /

Spiegel, David, 1945-

Living beyond limits : new hope and help for facing life-threatening illness / David Spiegel. - 1st edition - New York : Times Books, c1993. - xix, 316 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (227-307) and index.

Contents

1 Weathering the diagnosis
2 The lull after the storm
3 Illness, personality and coping
4 Does living better mean living longer?
5 A little help from my friends
6 Detoxifying dying
7 Taking time
8 Fortifying families
9 Suicide: the false escape
10 Dealing with doctors
11 Controlling pain
Conclusion


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Critically ill.
Terminally ill.

WB 310 S755i 1993