Fundamental Aspects of Palliative Care Nursing

by Robert Becker, Richard Gamlin

Student nurses are intimately involved in caring for the dying and bereaved. This book takes a sensitive and supportive approach to the key themes of palliative care nursing. It will provide the reader with a concise practical text that will give direction to the challenges faced in this most important area of patient care. Each chapter examines a key component of care and clinical anecdotes; extensive use of bullet points; appropriate references; internet resources; a 'least you need to know' section; and links to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code of Professional Practice (2002). Robert Becker has a Senior Lecturer, joint teaching appointment between Staffordshire University School of Health and the Shropshire and Mid Wales Hospice.

128 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2004