Nursing care at the end of life : palliative care for patients and families / Joyce V. Zerwekh.

Author/creator Zerwekh, Joyce V.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : F.A. Davis Co., ©2006.
Descriptionxviii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents The end of life and end-of-life caregiving -- Hospice and palliative care -- Strategies to stay healthy -- Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team -- Understanding the dying experience -- Connecting and caring presence -- Grief and mourning -- Cross-cultural competency at the end of life -- Ethical issues at the end of life -- Spiritual caring -- Understanding and strengthening families -- Children facing death -- Understanding and anticipating the course of terminal disease -- Comforting and the essentials of pain relief at the end of life -- Medicating for pain at the end of life -- Management of physical nonpain symptoms -- Caring in different settings when death is imminent.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005027123
ISBN0803611285 :
ISBN9780803611283