End of life nursing care / Belinda Poor, Gail P. Poirrier.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Poor, Belinda.

Contributor:

• Poirrier, Gail P.
• National League for Nursing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Terminally ill.
• Death.
• Terminal care.
• Palliative Care.
• Terminal Care.

Medical Subjects:

• Palliative Care.
• Terminal Care.

Physical Description:

xvi, 471 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Jones and Bartlett, 2001.

Contents:

• 1 Palliative Care and Quality of Life in Caring for the Dying / Belinda Poor 3
• Unit II Theoretical Foundations 13
• 2 Introduction to Theoretical Foundations / Dr. Evelyn M. Wills 15
• 3 Holistic Models / Dr. Evelyn M. Wills 19
• 4 Applications of Theories to Nursing / Dr. Evelyn M. Wills 29
• Unit III Responses to Loss 37
• 5 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement / Pat Andrus 39
• 6 Grief and Bereavement: Yours and Mine / Pat Andrus 49
• 7 The Kaleidoscope of Culture: Issues of Death and Dying, Grief and Bereavement / Pat Andrus 59
• Unit IV Ethical and Legal Considerations 71
• 8 The Ethics of End of Life Care / Dr. J. Brooke Hamilton III 73
• 9 Legal and Ethical Issues and Advance Directives / Tonia Dandry Aiken 105
• Unit V Patient Centered Care 117
• 10 Hospice: To Make the Path Less Lonely / Michael Blanchard 119
• 11 Palliative Care: The Essence of Nursing / Julie Griffie 129
• 12 Pain and Symptom Management / Tyla Ann Burger 139
• 13 Issues of Suffering at the End of Life / Phyllis Taylor 175
• 14 Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care: A Matter of Acceptance / Michael T. Landry, Heidi T. Landry 189
• 15 Spiritual Perspective in End of Life Care / Douglas Smith 201
• Unit VI Communication 211
• 16 Communicating with the Dying Patient / Belinda Poor, Elizabeth Gary 213
• 17 Communication with Dying Patients and Family Members: A Body, Mind, and Spirit Approach / Karen Borne 227
• 18 Communicating End of Life Issues Among Professionals / Camille Claibourne 237
• Unit VII Management of Specific Terminal Illnesses 247
• 19 Care of the Dying Cancer Patient / Dr. Melinda Oberleitner 249
• 20 Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disorders / Marlene Foreman 261
• 21 Caring for the Patient Dying with a Neurological Disorder / Susan Randol, Michelle Crain 271
• 22 End of Life Experience and Care for the AIDS Patient / Dr. Demetrius J. Porche 281
• 23 Euthanasia, Suicide, and the Terminally Ill / Dr. Regina Payne 291
• 24 End of Life Care for Alcoholic Patients / Patricia LaBrosse, Dr. Sudah Patel 341
• Unit VIII Issues Across the Lifespan 361
• 25 Unspeakable Losses: Miscarriage and Perinatal Death / Dr. Velma Westbrook 363
• 26 Children and End of Life Issues / Gretchen Gaines 373
• 27 Death and the Young Adult / Randy Bond 387
• 28 The End of Life for the Older Adult / Dr. Thomas Smith 399
• Unit IX The End of Life 409
• 29 The Pathophysiology of Death and the Dying Process / Dr. Gary Arnold 411
• Unit X Caring for the Caregiver 427
• 30 Extending the Circle of Care When Death is Imminent / Dr. Sarah Brabant 429
• 31 Taking Care of Yourself / Dr. Sarah Brabant 443.

Notes:

• "National League for Nursing."
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0763714216

OCLC:

45066342