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Palliative care
 — the nurse's role in helping families through the transition of "fading away"
Author(s)Joanne Chekryn Reimer, Betty Davis
Journal titleCancer Nursing, vol 14, no 6, 1991
Pagespp 321-327
KeywordsTerminal care ; Cancer ; Family relationships ; Nurses ; Canada.
AnnotationA fundamental tenet of palliative care is that the entire family, not just the patient, is the unit of care. This Canadian paper expands on nursing approaches, so that nurses may be better prepared to help families through the transition of fading away. (OFFPRINT.) (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010607202 A
ClassmarkLV: CK: DS:SJ: QTE: 7S *

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