Living with Dying: The Management of Terminal Disease

by Cicely Saunders

This second edition incorporates the latest developments in the treatment of the terminally ill patient. It tackles the general ethical and medical principles in the care of the dying patient and considers the details of the control of pain and other symptoms, with the hope that doctors and
other professionals will support the patient and his family by sharing the truth with them and empathizing with their emotional suffering. Written by internationally renowned authors, this book is an invaluable handbook for family doctors and health professionals and a compassionate source of
information for the terminally ill and their relatives.

Paperback

First published May 18, 1989

About the author

Dame Cicely Mary Saunders, OM, DBE, FRCS, FRCP, FRCN (22 June 1918 – 14 July 2005) was a prominent Anglican nurse, social worker, physician and writer, involved with many international universities. She is best known for her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasizing the importance of palliative care in modern medicine.

Reviews

[John Glass · Rating 3 out of 5]

At 53 pages this book is more a booklet for introducing medical professionals to the field of palliative care for terminal patients. Introduces the necessity of communicating fully and honestly with terminal patients as well as common/basic pharmacology used in palliative and hospice care in a lightly technical manner. If you have been an integral part of caring for someone with terminal illness during the last part of their lives, then there is likely not much new here. If you haven't and are preparing to do so, it is good information.