The Invisible Patient
As health care providers we focus primarily on the terminally ill patients and their comfort. But as a trained Palliative nurse I look beyond the terminally ill patient and assess the needs of the caregivers as well.
In a recent article written by Jane Gross for the New York Times titled, “Seeing the Invisible Patient,” she comments on the plight and the overwhelming burden caregivers endure.
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