End of life nursing care / Belinda Poor, Gail P. Poirrier.

Incluye bibliografía.

Communicating with the dying patient / Belinda Poor and Elizabeth Gary -- Communication with dying patients and family members: a body, mind, and spirit approach / Karen Borne -- Communicating end of life issues among professionals / Camille Claibourne -- Care of the dying cancer patient / Melinda Oberleitner -- Cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders / Marlene Foreman -- Caring for the patient dying with a neurological disorder / Susan Randol and Michelle Crain -- End of life experience and care for the AIDS patient / Demetrius J. Porche -- Euthanasia, suicide, and the terminally ill / Regina Payne -- End of life care for alcoholic patients / Patricia LaBrosse and Sudah Patel -- Unspeakable losses: miscarriage and perinatal death / Velma Westbrook -- Children and end of life issues / Gretchen Gaines -- Death and the young adult / Randy Bond -- The end of life for the older adult / Thomas Smith -- The pathophysiology of death and the dying process / Gary Arnold --^

Extending the circle of care when death is imminent / Sarah Brabant -- Taking care of yourself / Sarah Barbant.

Palliative care and quality of life in caring for the dying / Belinda Poor -- Introduction to theoretical foundations / Evelyn M. Wills -- Holistic models / Evelyn M. Wills -- Applications of theories to nursing / Evelyn M. Wills -- Loss, grief, and bereavement / Pat Andrus -- Grief and bereavement: yours and mine / Pat Andrus -- The kaleidoscope of culture: issues of death and dying, grief and bereavement / Pat Andrus -- The ethics of end of life care / J. Brooke Hamilton III -- Legal and ethical issues and advance directives / Tonia Dandry Aiken -- Hospice: to make the path less lonely / Michael Blanchard -- Palliative care: the essence of nursing / Julie Griffie -- Pain and symptom management / Tyla Ann Burger -- Issues of suffering at the end of life / Phyllis Taylor -- Psychosocial issues in palliative care: a matter of acceptance / Michael T. Landry and Heidi T. Landry -- Spiritual perspective in end of life care / Douglas Smith --^