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When someone dies : a practical guide to holistic care for the terminally ill / Hannah Cooke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.Description: 176p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780750640947 (pbk.) :
  • 0750640944
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.937 COO
LOC classification:
  • HQ1073
Contents:
Summary: To ensure death with dignity, patients need holistic care. This means that their practical, social, emotional and spiritual needs must all be met. Cooke links all these areas and provides practical support and advice.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 155.937 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127016
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 155.937 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127015

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Caring for the Dying Patients and their Families: Communicating with dying patients and their families; Choices for dying people; Patient comfort and control of symptoms; Wills and end of life decisions; Part Two: Care of the patient after death; Organ donation and donation of bodies; Part Three: Care of the Bereaved: Supporting the bereaved; Practical matters following a death; Part Four: Caring of the Religious Needs of the Dying: Meeting religious needs in the hospital setting; Religious traditions and healthcare;

To ensure death with dignity, patients need holistic care. This means that their practical, social, emotional and spiritual needs must all be met. Cooke links all these areas and provides practical support and advice.

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