Hospice care for children /

Armstrong-Dailey, Ann

Hospice care for children / Edited by Ann Armstrong-Dailey, Sarah Zarbock - 3rd - New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - xviii, 416 p.; 24 cm.

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I. Issues in clinical management II. Support systems III. Different contexts, different lessons.

Annotation Children with life-threatening and terminal illnesses--and their families-- require a unique kind of care to meet a wide variety of needs. This book, the first edition of which won the 1993 Pediatric Nursing Book of the Year Award, provides an authoritative source for the many people involvedin caring for dying children. It draws together contributions from leading authorities in a comprehensive, fully up-to-date resource, with an emphasis on practical topics that can be put to immediate use. The book covers the entire range of issues related to the hospice environment and is intendedfor all those who participate in the hospice-care process: physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, clergy, family therapists, parents, and community service volunteers

9780195340709


Terminally ill children -- Care
Hospice care.
Terminally ill children -- Family relationships

362.1756 / ARM

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