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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460054403321

Autore

Norlander Linda <1949->

Titolo

To comfort always : a nurse's guide to end-of-life care / / Linda Norlander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Sigma Theta Tau International, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-938835-52-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

610.7365

Soggetti

Geriatric nursing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Praise""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1_Beginning""; ""Chapter 2_Advance Care Planning""; ""Chapter 3_Chronic Illness and End of Life""; ""Chapter 4_Dementia and End of Life""; ""Chapter 5_Pain Management: It's More Than Knowing the Meds""; ""Chapter 6_Physical Symptom Management""; ""Chapter 7_Suffering: It's Not Just the Pain""; ""Chapter 8_Active Dying: The Final Days and Hours""; ""Chapter 9_After the Death: The Long Journey to the Car""

""Chapter 10_Pediatric End of Life: When a Child is Dying""""Chapter 11_Cultural Sensitivity: Looking Through Different Eyes""; ""Chapter 12: Hospice: The Gold Standard for End-of-Life Care""; ""Chapter 13_Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care""; ""Chapter 14: A Final Note: Taking Care""; ""Appendix""; ""Index""