| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsements Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Featured Participants -- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction -- Part II: South Indian Cancer Hospital -- 1 In the Struggle -- 2 What We Can Do, We Do -- Mistaken for a Spy -- Tinnāvā? -- Privacy at a Price -- 3 If We Don't Shout, They Won't Listen -- 4 Behind the Wall -- Night Shift -- You Have to Manage -- Namaste -- 5 I Cannot Always Trust My Heart -- 6 No Legs, No Life -- Part III: The Community -- 7 The Stigma That Cannot Be Washed Away |
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The Home Care Program -- Mandal Outreach -- National Service Scheme -- Part IV: Other Hospitals -- 8 Cash for Compassion -- Triumph Cancer Hospital -- Desino Cancer Hospital -- Pillalu -- Part V: Conclusions -- 9 How Life Shines Through -- 10 The Similarities in Our Differences -- 11 Notes on Methods and Recommendations -- Glossary of Medical Terms -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Index |
| Summary |
Drawing on ethnographic research conducted by an American nurse, Caring in Context is an exploration of how most of the world experiences cancer, and how nurses bear witness and respond to the suffering of others when they have little means to help - or for complex reasons, choose not to |
| Notes |
Machine-generated record |
| Subject |
Cancer-Nursing-India
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Cancer-Nursing-Social aspects-India
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Cancer-Nursing-India-Case studies
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Nursing-Social aspects-India
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Nurse and patient-India
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Nurses-India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003854234 |
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1003854230 |
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