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Nursing in Hospice and Terminal Care: Research and Practice [Hardcover]

Barbara Petrosino (Author), David M Dush (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1986 | ISBN-10: 0866565671 | ISBN-13: 978-0866565677 | Edition: 1

A unique volume reflecting the state of the art in hospice nursing, Nursing in Hospice and Terminal Care addresses the special concerns of nurses--the primary professional caregivers in a hospice--in caring for terminally ill patients and in comforting their families. Experts highlight the major components of hospice nursing and address the enormous need for research that will help hospice nurses improve the quality of nursing care they are able to provide. Each valuable chapter is presented from a scientific base and offers practical applicability to nursing in various health care settings.

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Hardcover: 154 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 1, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0866565671
ISBN-13: 978-0866565677
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,290,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
helpful nursing behaviors, home care hospice setting, hospice enrollment, hospice nursing care, anticipatory care, situational tasks, hospice caregivers, healthy dying, nursing care plan, hospice work, adult cancer patients, terminally ill child, hospice staff, hospice nurses, cancer nursing, oral care, hospice patients, total minutes, nursing diagnosis, mouth care, nursing visits, hospice team, staff stress, hospice services, terminally ill person

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New York, Kim Carney, Nursing Diagnosis Expected Outcome Nursing Intervention, American Journal of Nursing, The Haworth Press, United States, Nursing Clinics of North America, Blue Cross, Hospice Handbook, Hospice Nursing Newsletter, John Wiley, New Haven, Nursing Times, Oncology Nursing Forum, University of Texas, Vande Creek

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This book cites 24 books:

Management of Terminal Disease by Dame Cicely Saunders on page 87, and page 89
on page 61
Stress and Human Health: Analysis and Implications of Research (Springer series on psychiatry) by Glen R. Elliott on page 78
Coping and Adaptation by George V. Coelho on page 78
Foundations of Behavioral Research (Kerlinger, Foundations of Behavioral Research) by Fred N. Kerlinger on page 137

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Pain and Palliative Care in the Developing World and Marginalized Populations: A Global Challenge by M.r. Rajagapol in Front Matter
Negotiating a Good Death: Euthanasia in the Netherlands by Joan K Parry in Front Matter
The Hospice Heritage: Celebrating Our Future by Inge B. Corless in Front Matter
A Good Dying: Shaping Health Care for the Last Months of Life by Joan Kay Harrold in Front Matter
Ethics in Hospice Care: Challenges to Hospice Values in a Changing Health Care Environment (Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Hospice Journal , Vol 12, No 2) by Bruce Jennings in Front Matter

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