5152 (v.4) Understanding Dying 260

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Provisions of contemporary information about issues related to death and dying. Development of effective nursing practice strategies in this scope of practice.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Demonstrate appropriate skills in communicating sensitively with others on topics of death, dying and grief. Critically analyse contemporary literature related to the nature and effect of grief on both the dying and the living. Critically analyse the social context within which death, dying and grief may be experienced and the extent to which socio-cultural influences the experience. Evaluate supportive and therapeutic interventions used inthe care of the dying and the bereaved.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Ata A.W., (1994), Bereavement and Health in Australia, Ringwood, David Lovell Publishing. Attig T., (1996), How We Grieve - Relearning the World, NY, Oxford University Press. Buckman R., (1990), I Don't Know What to Say - How to Help and Support Someone Who is Dying, Australia, Sun. Cheyfitz K., (1999), Who Decides? The Connecting Thread of Euthanasia, Eugenics and Doctor Assisted Suicide, OMEGA. 40. (1), pp 5-16. Dowrick S., (1997), Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, Australia, Viking. Faulkner A., (1995), Working and Bereaved People, Edinburgh, Churchill Livingston. Jackson I., (1996), Critical Care Nurses' Perception of a Bereavement Follow-up Service, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 2. 2-11. Kellehear A., (Ed.), (2000), Death and Dying in Australia, Australia, Oxford University Press. Kubler-Ross E., (1969), Death and Dying, London, Penguin. Leick N. and Davidsen-Neilsen M., (1991), Healing Pain - Attachment, Loss and Grief Therapy, London, Tavistock. MacArthur M., (1997), Does Care of the Dying and Their Families in Hospital Enhance 'Good Grief'?, Managing Clinical Nursing, 1. 42-49. Pearson P., (1998), The Heart's Code, New York, Broadway Books. Remen R.N., (1998), Kitchen Table Wisdom, Sydney, Pan MacMillan.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y