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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815038403321

Titolo

Palliative and nursing home care : policies, challenges, and quality of life / / Samuel E. Plunkett, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science, c2011

ISBN

1-61209-191-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Public Health in the 21st Century

Altri autori (Persone)

PlunkettSamuel E

Disciplina

362.17/5

Soggetti

Palliative treatment

Nursing home care

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

Identifying the palliative care needs of home-based people with end-stage dementia and their carers / Barbara Anderson, Debbie Kralik -- Mental distress in children orphaned by AIDS : the efficacy of natural mentoring as palliative care / Francis N. Onuoha -- Quality of sexual life of nursing home residents / André Dupras -- Back to the future : a research journey in haematology and palliative care / Pam McGrath -- The changing role of the licensed practical nurse in nursing home care / Aggie T.G. Paulus, Arno J.A. van Raak -- Special considerations for providing care for obese nursing home residents / Holly C. Felix ... [et al.] -- Palliative care and dementia : is a good death possible at home? / Barbara Anderson -- Where and how non-oncological respiratory patients die : a palliative answer / Michele Vitacca, Luca Barbano -- Can data envelopment analysis be used to study performance efficiency in nursing homes? / Daniel G. Shimshak -- Quality of life for older persons living in nursing homes : a cross-sectional study / Mimi Tse, Vanessa Wan -- Neonatal palliative care : new practice, new challenges / Pierre Bétrémieux, Umberto Simeoni -- Depression and mood distress among female patients with gynecological cancer in a programme of palliative cancer care / L. Slovacek.