Continuing Care: For the Dying Patient, Family and Staff

A continuing care service is a medical facility for the chronically and terminally ill patient. The essays in this volume provide different perspectives on the question of continuing care for the terminally ill. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, sociology, history and psychiatry, Continuing Care provides a sensitive overview of death and dying. The book discusses what type of patients should be admitted to continuing care facilities. The book concludes with a discussion of survivor's bereavement and the interactions between staff members and caregivers and patients during this very stressful time.