TY - BOOK AU - Doka,Kenneth J. TI - Counseling individuals with life-threatening illness SN - 9780826115416 AV - R 726.8 .D644 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Critically ill KW - Counseling of KW - Psychology KW - Death KW - Psychological aspects KW - Attitude to Death KW - Counseling KW - Critical Illness KW - psychology KW - Family Health KW - Terminally Ill N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Counseling individuals with a life-threatening illness -- Historical perspectives on dying and illness -- Effective professional caregivers : seven sensitivities -- The skilled counselor -- Responses to life-threatening illness -- Understanding the illness experience -- The prediagnostic phase : understanding the road before -- Counseling clients through crisis of diagnosis -- Counseling clients in the chronic phase of illness -- Counseling clients in recovery -- Counseling clients in the terminal phase -- Counseling families during an life-threatening illness N2 - This title is a comprehensive and holistic guide for counsellors, social workers, and health care professionals as they assist clients experiencing a serious illness. The book builds on a model developed by the author and based upon earlier work by Avery Weisman and E.M. Patterson UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008022426.html ER -