End-of-life
Subtitle: a nurse's guide to compassionate care.
Contributors: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781582556604
Subjects: Practical nursing; Terminal care; Palliative treatment; Nursing Care; Terminal Care; Palliative Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Concepts in palliative care; title: Essential communication skills; title: Ethical considerations; title: Legal considerations; title: Evidence-based care; title: Palliative drug therapy; title: Psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural care; title: Patients with cancer; title: Patients with heart failure; title: Patients with neurologic disease; title: Patients with pulmonary disease; title: Patients with renal disease; title: Care of a dying child; title: Family and caregiver care; title: Support systems; title: When death nears; title: Bereavement care; title: Issues in acute care settings; title: Documenting care; title: Living with dying.