A model to help nurses caring for patients who are terminally ill.
In an age when people are no longer automatically dying from serious illnesses such as cancer or heart disease, patients, families and health-care staff may find coping with a terminal illness difficult. A multidisciplinary team in one hospital used Moos' transitional model, which describes adaptive and coping techniques, in their care of a dying man and his family.
Murphy
Margaret
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Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012649:Self Concept; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology