The role of nurses in counselling the terminally ill patient.
Facing one's own death is emotional, traumatic and frightening. Nurses can help patients and their families to cope with this crisis through the sensitive use of counselling skills. In so doing they will also become more aware of their own beliefs and feelings surrounding the subject.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D012380:Role; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*