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'In Search of Dignity' is a collection of candid and insightful publications from one of the world's leading palliative care researchers. It follows Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov's decades-long career, beginning as a young psychiatrist from the University of Manitoba to his experience at the prestigious Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre. Shaped by patient interaction, his deeply human journey formed the basis of a novel program of research and clinical innovations that have helped to shape the field of palliative medicine and person-centered care worldwide. Dr. Chochinov's research and reflections explore issues that strike at the heart of what it means to be human, vulnerable, and mortal. The chapters reveal the story behind the story of each published paper or speech, the wisdom gained from patients nearing death, and their relevance today. Topics include maintaining self-identity during illness, understanding depression, the impact of illness on the will to live, and how affirmation shapes dignity. Engaging and empathetic, Dr. Chochinov pays homage to individuals who inspired his research. He reveals their wisdom in a kind, insightful, and sometimes humorous style that is easily readable for anyone interested in the psychological and spiritual dimensions of end-of-life care, especially medical students, clinicians, nurses, researchers, or those caring for loved ones.

About the Author :
DR. HM CHOCHINOV is an internationally renowned clinician-research, whose work in palliative care has provided comfort and dignity for countless patients and their families worldwide. He is an Officer in the Order of Canada and an inductee in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

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In Search of Dignity is a compilation of essays and op-ed pieces-past and present-that explore both personal and professional observations and experiences encompassing that vast body of work that he hopes will appeal to both medical professionals and lay people alike. The writings here are drawn from 40 or so years of clinical practice, musing, testing and reflection. [...] Making articles first published in medical journals for other medical parties available to the general public can come with some risk. The first clue that this not the case with In Search of Dignity is the author's willingness to be known as Harvey rather than the impressive but distancing Dr. Chochinov. The second clue is his sense of humour, and the third the absence of jargon, which helps keep the reader engaged and feeling included.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780197805114
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 403 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0197805116
  • Publisher Date: 13 May 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Lifetime of Reflections
  • Width: 156 mm


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