{"product_id":"challenges-and-choices-for-patient-carer-and-professional-at-the-end-of-life-living-with-uncertainty-paperback","title":"Challenges and Choices for Patient, Carer and Professional at the End of Life: Living with Uncertainty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Proot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Yorke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving with Uncertainty gives a broad perspective on the complexities and challenges of the practice of end-of-life care, as well as the perceived benefits and limitations of medical intervention. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawn from research and clinical and pastoral experience, the book examines the feelings associated with the end of life, highlighting the demands that people are faced with and their consequences. It moves into the difficult area of people who feel defeated by their illness and can or want to live no longer, as well as the family, caregivers and professionals who surround them. These perspectives have been built upon around a hundred narratives of lived experience, combined with the wider clinical and practical range of voices. A topical post-script \u003ci\u003eLessons from Covid-19\u003c\/i\u003e captures the choices and challenges on a personal, professional and systemic level which the pandemic acutely revealed with a multiplicity of examples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis will be essential reading for students and professionals in palliative and end-of-life care. Families and friends will also benefit from this book as they try to come to terms with the delicate but universal issues of death and dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Proot\u003c\/strong\u003e holds an MSc in psychology and education from Ghent University, Belgium, a Postgraduate Diploma in counselling and a PhD from the UEA in Norwich, UK. A psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, she has specialised in palliative and bereavement care since 2005 in the UK and Belgium. She works in private practice in Brussels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003eVery Revd Michael Yorke\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2019) was a Cambridge graduate in law and theology. An Anglican Priest, he worked principally in and through four cathedrals. He was for 18 years a Samaritan, three of them as National Chairman, and was Vice Chairman to the Norfolk Hospice near Kings Lynn, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412895744178,"sku":"9780367544461","price":69.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5b5ea9605648f039162505e8e86a8bb4.webp?v=1778333468","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/challenges-and-choices-for-patient-carer-and-professional-at-the-end-of-life-living-with-uncertainty-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}