Palliative Care
Bringing Comfort and Hope
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2001
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Bailliere Tindall (Verlag)
978-0-7020-2422-1 (ISBN)
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Suitable for those undertaking palliative care diplomas and degrees, and those who have an active role in delivering palliative care in a variety of settings. This book helps in the process of defining palliative nursing and how it interfaces with other disciplines. Themes covered in it include: pain control, symptom control, and loss and grief.
"Palliative Care: Bringing Comfort and Hope" is a palliative care textbook written by nurses for nurses. It will be of value to those undertaking palliative care diplomas and degrees, as well as be of interest to other disciplines who have an active role in delivering palliative care in a variety of settings. The book reflects the rapid development of palliative nursing as an emerging specialty. It helps in the process of defining palliative nursing and how it interfaces with other disciplines within the specialty. The text is divided into three sections and comprehensively, yet sensitively, covers all aspects of palliative nursing. Key themes covered include pain control, symptom control, loss and grief, and handling loss.
"Palliative Care: Bringing Comfort and Hope" is a palliative care textbook written by nurses for nurses. It will be of value to those undertaking palliative care diplomas and degrees, as well as be of interest to other disciplines who have an active role in delivering palliative care in a variety of settings. The book reflects the rapid development of palliative nursing as an emerging specialty. It helps in the process of defining palliative nursing and how it interfaces with other disciplines within the specialty. The text is divided into three sections and comprehensively, yet sensitively, covers all aspects of palliative nursing. Key themes covered include pain control, symptom control, loss and grief, and handling loss.
Section One: Palliative nursing past present and future. Pain control. Assessment of difficult symptoms other than pain. Promoting comfort in patients with symptoms other than pain. Promoting comfort through surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Meeting spiritual needs. Complementary therapies. Section two: Facilitating hope. Loss grief. Communication. Supporting one another. Psychological aspects of advanced illness. Section three: Research in palliative nursing. Managing palliative care. Ethical issues. The disadvantaged dying. Palliative care education. Conclusion.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.5.2001 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 32 ills. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 685 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7020-2422-8 / 0702024228 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7020-2422-1 / 9780702024221 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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