Palliative care as progressive journey : the interplay of hope and social death in nurse-patient encounters across three care settings

In this study I examine the care trajectory of terminally ill patients across three different sites in the hospice setting: home care, day therapy unit and in-patient unit. I will focus on the patients' journey and the nurses' ways of working in each setting as the continuum of care progre...

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Main Author: Nelson, Annmarie
Published: Cardiff University 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.583746