Dying or Living? Stories of palliative care
No. 78 MAY 2024
It is often said of someone with a serious and incurable disease: «They're dying». However, this person is still, and above all, living. In order to do so with the least suffering and the maximum possible support, we have Palliative Care, which is only accessible to 30% of the Portuguese who need it.
This book portrays five patients, Nini, João, Francisco, Maria José and Djamila, what they think and feel, their actual, family and interior journey, during this specialised and multidisciplinary care.
It also gives a voice to professionals, who exemplify the national reality and put it into context, reinforcing the importance of palliative care in improving the quality and dignity of human life until the end. Because there is always something else to do.
It is often said of someone with a serious and incurable disease: «They're dying». However, this person is still, and above all, living. In order to do so with the least suffering and the maximum possible support, we have Palliative Care, which is only accessible to 30% of the Portuguese who need it.
This book portrays five patients, Nini, João, Francisco, Maria José and Djamila, what they think and feel, their actual, family and interior journey, during this specialised and multidisciplinary care.
It also gives a voice to professionals, who exemplify the national reality and put it into context, reinforcing the importance of palliative care in improving the quality and dignity of human life until the end. Because there is always something else to do.
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Dimensions
6.5 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-9153-61-5