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Extraordinary times bring out extraordinary people. AIDS caregivers are such people; they deal with fear, ignorance, and prejudice, as well as opportunistic diseases and death. Garfield, who profiled top business achievers in his 1986 Peak Performers, highlights 20 of these remarkable caregivers, many of whom were affiliated with San Francisco's Shanti Project, which Garfield founded, at some point in their work. Yet most, if not all, would probably brush off the notion that they are extraordinary. They perceive themselves as people who see a need (both in themselves and around them) and fill it. But their work is not without a cost. Garfield also discusses caring for the caregivers, who often suffer from burnout, fatigue, and traumatic stress syndrome. "The best caregivers," he writes, "are those who come to work not out of guilt or professional necessity, but because they have been touched by the soul of another human being." Recommended for most collections.?Lee Arnold, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Drawing on the real-life stories of twenty exemplary caregivers, Dr. Charles Garfield explains the widely used Shanti caregivers model he originated-and shows how to set limits, avoid burnout, accept gratitude, and grapple with issues of life and death when caring for people with HIV/AIDS.

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