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The Cost of Catastrophic Illness [PDF]
Health Care Management Review, 1978 Birnbaum, Howard
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Facing a Catastrophic Illness: A Perspective from Contemporary Philosophy
American Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryGeorge Alexopoulos
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Managing the Discharge Crisis Following Catastrophic Illness or Injury
Social Work in Health Care, 1986Discharge 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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Intimacy in the Face of Catastrophic Illness
Journal of Couples Therapy, 1998SUMMARY 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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The impact of a catastrophic earthquake on morbidity rates for various illnesses
Public Health, 2000It 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, 1975A 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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Focusing the catastrophic illness debate.
The Quarterly review of economics and business, 1979Unlike other aspects of the American health experience, there is a current void of information on expensive illness experiences. This paper is designed to fill this void and prrsents an analysis of the incidence and cost of catastrophic illness in the United States.
H, Birnbaum +3 more
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A Behavioral Approach to Post-Catastrophic Illness Work Phobias
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 1978Two patients developed work phobias following major catastrophic physical illness. A combined approach to addressing their specific fears of returning to premorbid levels of work function utilized deep muscle relaxation, imagery based desensitization, social reinforcement, and shaping techniques. A significant increase in adaptive function and decrease
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