Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life /

"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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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Matzo, Marianne, Sherman, Deborah Witt
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2010
Edition:3rd ed.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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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-
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.