Using patient biography to promote holistic care.
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.
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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*