The constraints of the ordinary : "being with" patients in a hospice in Scotland
The phenomenon ‘being with’, in relation to caring for patients who are close to death, is an important aspect underlying specialist palliative care. This study examines how ‘being with’ is constructed in day-to-day nursing practice in an inpatient hospice in Scotland. This thesis begins with a form...
Main Author: | Haraldsdottir, Erna |
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University of Edinburgh
2007
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652083 |
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