Author/s: Susan Bardy
Edition: Volume 47, Number 3, November 2007
Summary: Hospice nursing is regarded by many as both physically and emotionally demanding work. Nursing literature is rich in discussing palliative care modalities, clinical practice techniques and care for family and friends, but is less forthcoming in describing the clinician as an individual. It is clear that people working in this area do so for reasons that may be more than skin deep, and that is why there is a need for explicating the reasons and motivations of the professional who finds fulfilment in caring for patients without expecting the  satisfaction of healing the wounded body.
Keywords: hospice nursing, palliative care, clinical practice, individual
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