The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 2008
140 pages
978-0-19-971558-9 (ISBN)
Description
The essence of nursing care continually exposes nurses to suffering. Although they bear witness to the suffering of others, their own suffering is less frequently exposed. This slim volume attempts to give voice to the suffering that nurses witness in patients, families, colleagues, and themselves. By making this suffering visible, the authors wish to honor it and to learn from it.
The audience includes nurses in all phases of training and practice - from students to educators to clinicians - in the wide array of settings and specialties in which nurses care for patients. The book offers nurses' colleagues in other professions - social workers, psychologists, chaplains, ethicists, and physicians - a rare window onto what it means to practice nursing.
Drs. Ferrell and Coyle are also the editors of Textbook of Palliative Nursing, 2nd ed (Oxford, 2006). Independently, they have worked more than 50 years in oncology nursing, caring for patients and working to improve the quality of care that patients receive.
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William E. Rosa | Betty R. Ferrell
The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing
E-Book
07/2023
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OUP eBook
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Betty R. Ferrell | Nessa Coyle
The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing
Book
03/2008
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Suffering and the Practice of Nursing
- Chapter 2: Ethical and Theological Perspectives on the Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing
- Chapter 3: Contextual Analysis of Patient Suffering
- Chapter 4: The Suffering of Nurses
- Chapter 5: What is the Nature of Suffering and What are the Goals of Nursing
- References
- Index
- A
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- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
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- L
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