Caregiver Stress and Staff Support in Illness, Dying, and Bereavement

by Irene Renzenbrink

The need for renewal and support for those who care for seriously ill, dying and bereaved people has been acknowledged from the very beginning of the hospice and palliative care movement. While often referring to the rewards and satisfactions of the work, Dame Cicely Saunders was the first to
acknowledge that helping encounters with dying patients and distressed relatives could be a source of anguish and grief for dedicated and compassionate carers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199590400
• ISBN13: 9780199590407
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"