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Pogrebin, Letty Cottin
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Care of the sick -- Psychological aspects.
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How to be a friend to a friend who's sick / Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
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Pogrebin, Letty Cottin
New York : PublicAffairs, [2013]
Description:
xiii, 283 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Who am I and why this book -- Interlude: My Summer of Bliss -- Everything I know I learned in the waiting room -- I can't believe you said that! -- Interlude: My Cancer and My Friends -- How to give good visits -- Interlude: Cancer Girl -- The perfect present -- Interlude: Why I Hated Hospitals and How I Came to Love This One -- Two degrees of separation, one degree of need -- Interlude: Keeping a Friend Company in the Cave -- Sickness and shame -- Interlude: Losing Faith in My Body -- Your money or your health -- Dealing with dementia--relating to people who have it and people taking care of people who have it -- Coming through for a friend at the end of the road -- Interlude: Meditations on My Mortality and the Shadow of Life -- As bad as it gets -- The best of friends--case histories to learn from and live by.
Summary:
"Inspired by her own experiences, renowned author and journalist Letty Cottin Pogrebin offers new insights and concrete advice on how to relate to, and help, our sick friends"--Dust jacket flap.
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