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When the hospice patient is manipulative
Author(s)	Carolyn Oiler Boyd, Josephine Cantone, Patricia Gambino
Journal title	The Hospice Journal, vol 12, no 1, 1997
Pages	pp 1-16
Source	Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA.
Keywords	Mental disorder ; In-patients ; Terminal care ; Case studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	Oncology and hospice literature have addressed the problems of psychiatric complications, secondary to the stressors of diagnosis and treatment. This literature focuses particularly on depression and anxiety, which not only compounds patients' suffering, but may also interfere with optimal care. Little attention has been given, however, to the unique challenges of providing hospice care to patients with pre-existing psychiatric conditions - and it is likely that there will be more patients with such conditions, as hospice care becomes a more mainstream part of healthcare. This article presents a case study of the process of care for a hospice patient with a pre-existing psychiatric condition. Interventions are suggested, using a theoretical matrix of hospice philosophy and principles of care for manipulative patients. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-971209213 A
Classmark	E: LF7: LV: 69P: 7T
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