Transcending AIDS : nurses and HIV patients in New York City /

Transcending AIDS : nurses and HIV patients in New York City / Peggy McGarrahan.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: McGarrahan, Peggy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1994.
Series:Studies in health, illness, and caregiving.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Nursing > New York (State) > New York.
Éthique des infirmiers.
Service soins infirmiers > États Unis d'Amérique.
Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise > Soins infirmiers.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. HIV Disease and Its Impact on New York City's Health-Care System
  • 3. First Encounters with the Disease: Choosing to Care for HIV-Infected Patients
  • 4. Empathy and Challenge
  • 5. Holism and Connection: Providing Care
  • 6. Ethical Dimensions of Care
  • 7. Making a Difference: Personal and Professional Growth
  • 8. Nursing Consciousness and the Cycle of Life and Death
  • 9. Nursing as a Moral Undertaking
  • 10. Death and Transcendence
  • 11. Contemplative Cognition
  • 12. Personal and Professional Integration
  • 13. Images of Care
  • Appendix A: Interview Guide
  • Appendix B: Survey of Nurses in AIDS Care
  • Appendix C: Comparison of Interview and Survey Responses.

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