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Caring for a Dying Person at Home.

Medical anthropologist Andrea Sankar. She's written a new book that explains how to take care of a dying loved one at home. ("Dying At Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving," published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.) (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 12/05/91)

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Other segments from the episode on June 15, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 15, 1992: Interview with Andrea Sankar; Interview with Lawrence Weschler; Review of Mary McCarthy's book "Intellectual Memoirs."

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Caring for a Dying Person at Home.

Medical anthropologist Andrea Sankar. She's written a new book that explains how to take care of a dying loved one at home. It's called "Dying At Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving." It's published by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

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The Problems in Family Caregiving.

Director of the United Hospital Fund's Project on Family Caregiving in an Age of Change, Carole Levine (Leh-VEEN). She brings her professional and personal life to bear on her work with the project: Since 1990, when her husband was critically injured in an automobile accident, she has been his caregiver. The Fund released a major new report on caregivers last month:"Rough Crossings: Family Caregivers' Odysseys through the Health Care System." Levine is also the founder and executive director of The Orphan Project: Families and Children in the HIV Epidemic.

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