title: A model to help nurses caring for patients who are terminally ill.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: 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