title: Caring for the dying in acute hospitals.
abstract: In 1983, a small descriptive study looking at the distressing symptoms of 26 terminally ill patients (dying from malignant as well as non-malignant disease) was carried out at two different hospitals before the setting up of a hospital support team. Fifty-two nurses involved in the care of these patients were also interviewed, using a taped, semi-structured interview. Nurses generally found caring for the terminally ill rewarding, but first-year nurse learners found coping with their emotions difficult. The senior nurses would have liked more teaching on pain control and care of relatives. Support of nursing staff was seen to be better in wards where the nursing process was being practised.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hockley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013727:Terminal Care