"Nursing Care at the End of Life: Palliative Care for Patients and Families" explores the deep issues of caring for the dying and suffering. The book is based on the Hospice Family Caregiving Model previously published by the author and focuses on the practice implications of care for the dying. The book is written in a clear and user-friendly style, and is ideal for undergraduate nursing students learning about dying, suffering, and caring for individuals and their families.
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978-0-8036-1128-3 (9780803611283)
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Introduction: The Family Caregiving Model; Unit 1: The Context of Caring at the End of Life; Death in Contemporary America; The Hospice Movement and Hospice Organizations; The Palliative Care Movement; Unit 2: Sustaining Oneself; Grieving and Letting Go; Personal and Organizational Strategies for Staying Healthy; Collaborating with an Interdisciplinary Team; Unit 3: Caring Communication; The Skills of Connecting; Understanding the Human Experience of Dying Individuals; Understanding the Experience of Family and Friends; Strengthening Families to Provide Care and Care for Themselves; Cross Cultural Caring; Unit 4: Spiritual Care at the End of Life; Recognizing Spiritual Issues; Fostering Dialogue and Reconciliation; Unit 5: Comforting: Management of Pain; Pain Control Issues in Contemporary America; Principles of Pain Assessment and Control; Unit 6: Comforting: Management of Symptoms Other than Pain; Palliative Reasoning; Relief of Common Symptoms; Anticipating Final Symptoms with Common Medical Diagnoses; Unit 7: The End of Life and Bereavement; Caring When Death is Imminent; Caring During Bereavement; Glossary.
