Nursing the Dying Patient: Caring in Different Contexts

ISBN-13: 9780333980835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 219 str.

John Costello

Opis

This text introduces the reader to the key issues surrounding care of the dying patient, as well as highlighting the importance of context in the social management of dying. Written in a pragmatic style, it provides a foundation from which to consider the theoretical and practical concerns that are central to terminal care in institutional as well as community-based settings. Illustrated with case studies that demonstrate how the themes of the book can be applied in practice, this text encourages readers to reflect on research findings so that they are stimulated to formulate their own ideas about caring for dying patients.

Spis treści

PART ONE: CARING IN A HOSPITAL CONTEXT.- Nursing the Dying in Hospital: The Challenge to Care.- Dying in Hospital: Issues in the Institutional Care of Terminally Ill Patients.- The Hospital as a Controlling Context.- PART TWO: CARING IN A HOSPICE CONTEXT.- Death and Dying in a Hospice Context.- Improving Care for Dying Patients in Hospital.- PART THREE: CARING IN A RESIDENTIAL CARE CONTEXT.- Life and Death in a Nursing Home.- Living and Dying in a Residential Care Setting.- PART FOUR: CARING IN A COMMUNITY SETTING.- Death and Dying in the Community.- Caring for the Dying in Post-Modern Society.- References.- Useful Contacts.

O autorze

JOHN COSTELLO is a Lecturer in Palliative Care at the University of Manchester. He has research experience working for Macmillan Cancer Relief, UK and has published numerous articles on death, dying and bereavement.