Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life /

Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life / editors, Marianne Matzo, Deborah Witt Sherman. - 3rd ed. - New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2010. - xvi, 576 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Culture and spirituality as domains of quality palliative care / Holistic integrative therapies in palliative care / Sexual health and intimacy / Societal perspectives regarding palliative care / The nurse's role in interdisciplinary and palliative care / Development of the specialty of hospice and palliative care nursing / Ethical aspects of palliative care / Legal aspects of decision making in palliative care / Communicating with seriously ill and dying patients, their families, and their health care providers / Family caregivers / Loss, suffering, grief, and bereavement / Deborah Witt Sherman -- Carla Mariano -- Marianne Matzo -- Marilyn Bookbinder & Marlene McHugh -- Lisa M. Krammer ... [et al.] -- Judy Lentz & Deborah Witt Sherman -- Judith Kennedy Schwartz & Anita J. Tarzian -- Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Kay Blum -- Mertie L. Potter -- Cancer / End-stage heart disease / Chronic lung disease / Neurological disorders / End-stage renal disease / End-stage liver disease / Palliative care for patients with HIV/AIDS / Pain assessment and pharmacological/nonpharmacological interventions / Dyspnea / Anxiety, depression, and delirium / Gastrointestinal symptoms / Fatigue and weakness evaluation and management / Skin care needs of palliative patients / Peri-death nursing care / Amy E. Guthrie & Polly Mazanec -- Judith B. Dyne -- Mary Brennan -- Christine R. Kovach & Sheila Reynolds -- Lynn Roland -- Robert B. Davis -- Deborah Witt Sherman -- Nessa Coyle & Mary Layman-Goldstein -- Cindy R. Balkstra -- Constance M. Dahlin -- Pamala D. Larsen & Laura Mallett -- Marianne Matzo, Patsy R. Smith & Deborah Witt Sherman -- Elizabeth A. Ayello, R. Gary Sibbald & Kevin Y. Woo -- Marianne Matzo & Jane A. Hill.

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Terminal care.
Palliative treatment.
Hospice nurses.
Terminal Care.
Critical Illness--nursing.
Hospice Care--psychology.
Palliative Care.

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