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The Cost of Catastrophic Illness

open access: yesHealth Care Management Review, 1978
Birnbaum, Howard
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Catastrophic illness: How it feels

Geriatric Nursing, 1982
Doris Schwartz
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Intimacy in the Face of Catastrophic Illness

Journal of Couples Therapy, 1998
SUMMARY This is a therapist's story of her battle with life-threatening breast cancer and the impact of that illness on the intimacy bond with her husband of thirty years. She reviews the year of treatment, noting the couple's connections at various points in the process of dealing with the disease: the diagnosis, the treatment and the aftermath ...
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Managing the Discharge Crisis Following Catastrophic Illness or Injury

Social Work in Health Care, 1986
Discharge from the acute care setting frequently represents a serious crisis for the catastrophically ill. Family members and the patient are expected to resume responsibility quickly for ongoing care while simultaneously coping with significant alterations in established role and behavior patterns.
S, Blazyk, M M, Canavan
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The impact of a catastrophic earthquake on morbidity rates for various illnesses

Public Health, 2000
It has been reported that some natural catastrophes increase morbidity rates for illness. In this study, we investigated the impact of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on morbidity rates for various illnesses by analysis for correlations between the extent of damage due to the earthquake and occurrences of various illnesses.
T, Matsuoka   +6 more
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Counseling in Catastrophic Illness: A Self-Instructional Unit

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1975
A self-instructional unit is presented to help students in the allied health fields through their initial experiences in counseling patients with serious illness. This unit is intended to be used in combination with didactic approaches. Clinically, the unit may be particularly useful for those who are learning to apply the problem-oriented record ...
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