The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195333121)

The essence of nursing care continually exposes nurses to suffering. Although they bear witness to the suffering of others, their own suffering is less frequently exposed. This slim volume attempts to give voice to the suffering that nurses witness in patients, families, colleagues, and themselves. By making this suffering visible, the authors wish to honor it and to learn from it.
The audience includes nurses in all phases of training and practice - from students to educators to clinicians - in the wide array of settings and specialties in which nurses care for patients. The book offers nurses' colleagues in other professions - social workers, psychologists, chaplains, ethicists, and physicians - a rare window onto what it means to practice nursing.
Drs. Ferrell and Coyle are also the editors of Textbook of Palliative Nursing, 2nd ed (Oxford, 2006). Independently, they have worked more than 50 years in oncology nursing, caring for patients and working to improve the quality of care that patients receive.

Author: Betty R. Ferrell, Nessa Coyle
ISBN-10: 0195333128
ISBN-13: 9780195333121
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2008
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.34w x 0.45d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2009