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This book focuses on the fundamental questions of how the health care team can assist patients and their families in coping with the seemingly insurmountable problems involved in progressive, invariably fatal neuromuscular diseases especially amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In this volume 51 eminent authorities, in neurology, nursing, psychology, social work, psychiatry, respiratory therapy and pastoral care, describe how coping mechanisms can be facilitated at each stage of the disease - beginning at the time of initial diagnosis and extending through terminal care. The facts and perspectives presented should benefit all members of the caring professions, not only in aiding and counselling their clients, but also in coping with their own reactions to the tragic circumstances of these diseases.

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