title: Using patient biography to promote holistic care.
abstract: The value of patient biographies has become apparent over recent years, especially within the specialty of health care of older people. This paper describes how a nursing assistant built up a relationship with an older man in his ward, who had previously been seen as 'difficult', through a shared interest in music, and by getting the patient to tell him his life story.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001680:Biographies as Topic; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000523:psychology*