The nature of suffering and the goals of nursing
- Author
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Ferrell, Betty.
- Title
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The nature of suffering and the goals of nursing / Betty R. Ferrell, Nessa Coyle.
- Format
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Book
- Published
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Description
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127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Other contributors
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Coyle, Nessa.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-120) and index.
- Contents
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- Suffering and the practice of nursing
- Ethical and theological perspectives on the nature of suffering and the goals of nursing
- Contextual analysis of patient suffering
- The suffering of nurses
- What is the nature of suffering and the goals of nursing.
- Subject headings
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Nursing--Philosophy.
Suffering.
Nurse and patient.
- Medical subjects
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Nursing Care.
Terminal Care.
Nurses--psychology.
Pain--nursing.
Palliative Care.
- ISBN
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9780195333121 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195333128 (pbk. : alk. paper)