Nursing the Dying Patient

JOHN COSTELLO is a Lecturer in Palliative Care at the University of Manchester. He has research experience working for Macmillan Cancer Relief, UK and has published numerous articles on death, dying and bereavement.

PART ONE: CARING IN A HOSPITAL CONTEXT.- Nursing the Dying in Hospital: The Challenge to Care.- Dying in Hospital: Issues in the Institutional Care of Terminally Ill Patients.- The Hospital as a Controlling Context.- PART TWO: CARING IN A HOSPICE CONTEXT.- Death and Dying in a Hospice Context.- Improving Care for Dying Patients in Hospital.- PART THREE: CARING IN A RESIDENTIAL CARE CONTEXT.- Life and Death in a Nursing Home.- Living and Dying in a Residential Care Setting.- PART FOUR: CARING IN A COMMUNITY SETTING.- Death and Dying in the Community.- Caring for the Dying in Post-Modern Society.- References.- Useful Contacts.