Psychosocial Nursing: Care of Physically Ill Patients and Their Families [Paperback]

Patricia D. Barry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0397551460 | ISBN-13: 978-0397551460 | Edition: Third

This book addresses the nursing management of a patient's psychosocial response to both chronic and acute physical illness, traumatic injury, loss, and grief. Care of the patient's family receives compassionate focus as well. Powerful coverage of varied areas of care provide not only the latest developments in traditional approaches, but also the most current alternative approaches deemed effective in meeting the emotional, spiritual, and physical care of an individual patient. New chapters in this edition address: stress and its effects on the body; the two most common outcomes of ineffective coping: anxiety and depression; clinical specialties, including oncology and hospice, pain management, home care, emergency room, maternal-child, pediatric/adolescent, general medical-surgical, and older adult; the challenges of multicultural nursing; therapeutic touch (TT); holism and its interactive effects on health and illness, including "complementary" therapeutic options.

Product Details

• Paperback: 606 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0397551460
• ISBN-13: 978-0397551460
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > Medical Books > Nursing > Home & Community Health

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4.0 out of 5 stars Psychosocial Nursing: Care of ...and their families, January 6, 2009

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Walter J. Feltmate (Wilton, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychosocial Nursing: Care of Physically Ill Patients and Their Families (Paperback)

An aspect of nursing that is lacking in both training and medical practice in hospitals and other positions. A practical and realistic role, sorely needed by patients and families, to complement the nursing professional in her/his practice.