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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. |
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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
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Field of Education: | 60300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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