The hospice has emerged in recent years as an important component of health care. In turn, the demand for adequately trained personnel has grown. The history and nature of hospice care are explored in this volume, which serves as an introduction to the skills and knowledge necessary for practitioners, counsellors and volunteers in this field.  The authors emphasize the non-medical role of the 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. Topics covered include: organizational and policy issues; working with patients and their families; and grief and bereavement.

Hospice Care (Geriatric Case Practice Training)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Hayslip, Bert

Leon, Joél

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Sage Publications, Inc.

Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes (Geriatric Case Practice Training)

What special skills and knowledge base do nurses and health care professionals need to work in nursing homes? This volume explores such relevant issues as working with nursing home residents and their families, managing selected special populations, and the organizational and policy contexts that shape practice. The authors also include structured learning tasks that can be used to guide the development of practice skills in supervised nursing home practice and field settings.

Politics & Social Sciences

Garner, J Dianne

Mercer, Susan O.

Social Sciences

Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Henry Holt and Co.

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