The constraints of the ordinary : "being with" patients in a hospice in Scotland

The phenomenon ‘being with’, in relation to caring for patients who are close to death, is an important aspect underlying specialist palliative care. This study examines how ‘being with’ is constructed in day-to-day nursing practice in an inpatient hospice in Scotland. This thesis begins with a form...

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Main Author: Haraldsdottir, Erna
Published: University of Edinburgh 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652083