The hospice has emerged in recent years as an important component of health care. In turn, the demand for adequately trained personnel has grown. The history and nature of hospice care are explored in this volume, which serves as an introduction to the skills and knowledge necessary for practitioners, counsellors and volunteers in this field.The authors emphasize the non-medical role of the hospice which seeks to enable patients to live the final period of their lives with as much dignity and as little pain and suffering as possible. Topics covered include: organizational and policy issues; working with patients and their families; and grief and bereavement.
- ISBN10 0803929153
- ISBN13 9780803929159
- Publish Date 28 August 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 248
- Language English