Respiratory Symptoms
32 Respiratory Symptoms Dawn Davies And by and by Christopher Robin came to an end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world,…
Palliative Sedation
23 Palliative Sedation Amrita D. Naipaul, Christina Ullrich The world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. —Helen Keller Relief of suffering is fundamental to the…
Primary and Acquired Immunodeficiency Disorders
44 Primary and Acquired Immunodeficiency Disorders Onajovwe. Fofah, Mary B. Fleck, Naimah. Campbell, Sheila Lenihan. Walsh, James. Oleske A happy birth to 150 million infants born this year. May those…
Self-Care: The Foundation of Care Giving
18 Self-Care The Foundation of Care Giving Stephen Liben, Danai Papadatou The best way to become a better “helper” is to become a better person. But one necessary aspect of…
Gastrointestinal Symptoms
33 Gastrointestinal Symptoms Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, Ross Drake, M. Louise Webster Digestion, of all the bodily functions, is the one which exercises the greatest influence on the mental state of…
Cystic Fibrosis
41 Cystic Fibrosis Elisabeth Potts Dellon, Jeffrey C. Klick, Walter M. Robinson Vrksasana Magnificent tree reaching upward toward the sky grounding me Miraculous breath flowing throughout my body sustaining me…
Pain Assessment and Management
31 Pain Assessment and Management John J. Collins, Charles B. Berde, Judith A. Frost There is no nobler goal than achieving the relief of pain and suffering. —Ronald Melzack1 Pain…
Neurological Symptoms
27 Neurological Symptoms Richard Hain, Helen Douglas We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it. She’ll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former…
Neurologic Diseases
39 Neurologic Diseases Julie Hauer, Helen Wells O’Brien None of us is as smart as all of us. —Japanese proverb It truly takes a village to meet the complex needs…
