The Patient's Voice : Experiences of Illness
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-0162-8
©1997 Paperback 197 pages
$36.95 (US)
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Do you need to add caring to your course? Do your students need to become more aware of the process patients and families go through as they adapt to an illness or death?Sixteen contemporary autobiographical case studies written by children and adults who have experienced psychiatric and physical illnesses are contained in this unique text. Each case study begins with a brief description of the patient's clinical situation. Chapters are followed by points for discussion and study questions to further direct the exploration of the accounts and enhance students' critical thinking skills.
- Each case study is preceded by a description of the patient's clinical situation to aid students in understanding the condition faced by the patient in the core nursing specialties
- Chapters are followed by points for discussion and study questions to direct exploration of the accounts and promote critical thinking
- When used in conjunction with clinical texts across the curriculum, this text helps to foster a more holistic approach to patient care and to humanize the impact of technology on the patient
- Case studies enable students to enter the mind of the ill patient, developing and fostering an understanding of how fears, past experiences, beliefs, and culture influence patients' decision making
- Students can use these case studies to visualize the process of the patient's adaptation to illness and the influence of the illness on the patient's and family's life
1. The Memory of Death
2. Mastery of Life
3. Raoul
4. Struggling
5. The Challenge
6. Understand
7. Psychosis: Art, Life, or Illness?
8. Prisoner of Pain
9. Reconceptions
10. The Strange Voyage
11. Get 'em Out of the Shed
12. An Unhappiness Factor
13. Get the Money
14. God, Self, and Medicine
15. For Gabe and Ari
16. Journey with a Friend
Conclusion
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