Caring for Life and Death »

Investigates the ways in which nurses cope with the dying patient and the acute patient who will recover. Factors which influence transition between the two types of care examined. The author concludes that the most effective nurses are those who have formulated coherent attitudes towards the work.

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A study of how nurses care for and attempt to meet the needs of two mutually exclusive groups of patients; terminally ill patients in the last stages of illness, and acutely ill patients expected to recover. The exploration encompasses "nurses as actors," nurses' beliefs and behaviors, how nurses "change gears" in caring for the living and the dying, and other dimensions of nurse-patient interaction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)