After the diagnosis: how patients react and how to help them cope / Gary McGlain.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Delmar Cengage Learning, 2011Description: xix,360 p. : ill.; 26 cmISBN: 97881435495692Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY nursing | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | R727.3.M395 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | NURS/806/076/23 |
Include appendixes and index.
Contents: Starting the conversation about a medical diagnosis -- Recognizing initial coping styles -- Acknowledging emotional reactions -- Acknowledging and confronting the fear factor -- Emotions and health-care decision making -- Helping newly diagnosed patients communicate with health-care professionals -- Encouraging patients to gather information -- Developing a support plan with patients -- Coping with effects on self-image -- Connecting with a sense of meaning -- Communicating with family members and caregivers -- Creating a vision future -- When diagnoses involve the end of life -- Recognizing personal emotions as health-care professionals .
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