Palliative care nursing :  caring for suffering patients / 
Kathleen Ouimet Perrin ... [et al.]. 
 - xiv, 356 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The nature of suffering and palliative care / Mary Kazanowski, Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Suffering in special populations / Mertie L. Potter -- Grieving and suffering / Mertie L. Potter -- Ethical responsibilities and issues in palliative care / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Suffering and palliative care at the end of life / Mary Kazanowski -- Acute and chronic pain as sources of suffering / Caryn A. Sheehan -- Spirituality and suffering / Mertie L. Potter, Sylvia Durette, and Mary Kazanowski -- The search for meaning in suffering / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- The nurse as witness to suffering / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- The role of healing and holistic nursing in palliation of suffering / Maureen Gaynor, Mary Kazanowski, and Mertie L. Potter -- Conveying comfort / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin -- Inspiring hope / Caryn A. Sheehan. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780763773847 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010037431 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Palliative treatment.<br/>Nursing.<br/>Suffering.<br/>Nursing Care--methods.<br/>Palliative Care--ethics.<br/>Pain--nursing.<br/>Terminal Care--methods.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT87.T45  / P32 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.029/P17 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 152.3