| Description |
xi, 235 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Geriatric case practice training series ; v. 3 |
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Geriatric case practice training series ; v. 3
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction to Hospice Care -- Organizational and Policy Context -- Communication and Assessment Skills in Hospice -- The Work of the Interdisciplinary Team in Hospice -- Special Knowledge Base -- Special Educational Role of Hospice -- Service Delivery -- Working with the Patient -- Service Delivery -- Working with Families -- Grief and Bereavement |
| Summary |
In response to changing environmental and social circumstances surrounding death, hospice has emerged as an important component to health care. In turn, the demand for adequately trained personnel has grown. Hospice Care explains the history and nature of hospice care and serves as an introduction to the skills and knowledge necessary for practitioners, counselors, and volunteers in this increasingly important field of health care. This informative volume emphasizes the nonmedical role of hospice, which seeks to enable patients to live the final period of their lives with as much dignity and as little pain and suffering as possible. From organizational and policy issues to working with patients and their families, grief, and bereavement, Hospice Care describes the tasks and knowledge practitioners need to adequately serve, assess a patient's needs, develop treatment plans, and evaluate progress. This volume also includes model fieldwork assignments |
| Analysis |
Terminally ill persons Care |
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Terminally ill persons Care |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p216-228. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-228) and index |
| Subject |
Hospice care.
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Older people -- Care.
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Geriatric Nursing.
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Hospice Care -- organization & administration.
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Hospices.
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| Author |
Leon, Joel, 1948-
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| LC no. |
92019342 |
| ISBN |
0803929145 (cl) |
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0803929153 (pb) |
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