This book caters for readers from different working environments and levels of experience. It is ideal for paediatric nurses with no specialist palliative care knowledge and also for palliative care nurses with no specialist paediatric experience. Other healthcare professionals and therapists working with children young people and their families will also find this book invaluable. It will also be ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate health and social care students and professionals involved in children's hospices community services and charity groups.
By:
Rita Pfund, Elizabeth Boath Imprint: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 1st New edition Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 612g ISBN:9781846190193 ISBN 10: 1846190193 Pages: 280 Publication Date:01 November 2006 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
From resistance to resilience: The concept of palliative care for children and young people. Emotional safety in adverse events. A sudden, unexpected death in infancy. Sudden serious illness. Adolescent with cancer. Where to next: The transition to early adulthood. Young adult with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Trans-generational illness: A family affected by HIV / AIDS. Neurologically degenerative disease. Cognate child with end-stage renal disease. Technology dependent children. Congenital complex disability. Safe practice in expanding boundaries 1: Underpinning safe practice. Safe practice in expanding boundaries 2: End of life care.
Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Nottingham