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By Cynthia Pearson and Margaret L. Stubbs. 348 pp. Seattle, Seal Press, 1999. $18.95. ISBN 1-58005-019-0.

The authors of this interesting and original book describe themselves as "lay caregivers of dying loved ones who have insights of interest to others like ourselves and to policy makers who would help us in our task." The seven-year study on which the book is based is original in three respects: the focus is on the care giver rather than the dying patient, the setting is primarily the home rather than a hospital or other institution, and the care giver is primarily a family member who may be assisted by a hospice nurse or other professional but who bears the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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