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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460331703321

Titolo

Social aspects of care / / edited by Nessa Coyle, PhD, APRN, FAAN, Consultant, Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics in Oncology, New York, New York

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-19-024416-X

0-19-024414-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

HPNA palliative nursing manuals ; ; volume 6

Disciplina

362.17/56

Soggetti

Hospice care

Palliative treatment

Terminal care

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sexuality / Marianne Matzo -- Bereavement / Inge B. Corless -- Supporting families in palliative care / Rose Steele and Betty Davies -- Planning for the actual death / Patricia Berry -- Cultural considerations in palliative care / Polly Mazanec and Joan T. Panke -- Self-assessment test questions.

Sommario/riassunto

'Social Aspects of Care' provides an overview of financial and mental stress illness places, not just on the patient, but on the family as well. This volume contains information on how to support families in palliative care, cultural considerations important in end-of-life care, sexuality and the impact of illness, planning for the actual death, and bereavement.