Personalizing Patient Care: A Reference Guide for Healthcare Professionals, 4th Edition

Features

• In this newly updated fourth edition, healthcare issues are presented in tabular format for quick reference with separate listings for different religions, cultures, disabilities and generations.
• Issues covered include: attitudes toward blood, diet, and nutrition, healing environment, pain management, end of life issues (advance directives, autopsy, care of the dead, DNR, organ donation, withholding treatment), pre- and post-natal care, including attitudes toward contraception, frenetic conditions, choice of birth process, infant baptism/dedication, neonatal/infant death or end-of-life care, and termination of pregnancy.
• An extensive bibliography of over 3,000 references is linked to notations in each section of every table indicating the primary source.

With all this available at your fingertips, it’s no wonder Personalizing Patient Care is the essential guide for physicians, nurses, chaplains, social workers, therapists, educators, administrators, and other healthcare professionals in medical and educational settings.