Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life / editors, Marianne Matzo, Deborah Witt Sherman.
"This textbook has ... introduced concepts and methods of education which [help] to move palliative nursing forward as an evidenced based practice of whole person care."--Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN. Research Scientist (From the Foreword). Palliative care is a philosophy of caregiving that in...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Summary: | "This textbook has ... introduced concepts and methods of education which [help] to move palliative nursing forward as an evidenced based practice of whole person care."--Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN. Research Scientist (From the Foreword). Palliative care is a philosophy of caregiving that integrates disease modification with supportive, compassionate therapies for patients at the end of life. Palliative care nurses are responsible for alleviating pain and other physical symptoms-along with satisfying the emotional, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of patients who are facing life- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 576 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826157928 0826157920 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |