CHAPTER FOUR CASE STUDY RESEARCH: A METHODOLOGY FOR NURSING Camille Cronin This chapter presents a personal perspective on using case study research for both novice and prospective nurse researchers. My…
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF MOTHERS USING DRUGS AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM’S CALL TO ACTION Kathy Barnett The National Institute on Drug Abuse (2014) reports that an estimated 23.9…
CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE UNDER-12 RULE: A REVIEW ON THE PEDIATRIC LUNG ALLOCATION POLICY Amy P. Pope The case of Sarah Murnaghan sparked a major controversy in 2013. Sarah, a 10-year-old…
CHAPTER FIFTEEN TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH: LIFE HISTORY OF AN OLDER WOMAN LIVING WITH AIDS Tracey Couse and Kelly Heard Approximately, 33% of people now living with HIV/AIDS in the United…
CHAPTER THIRTEEN “CHEERING MYSELF ON”: BELLA’S STORY Melissa Anderson and Nancy Chambers Understanding the life history of an exceptional young adult female, as a Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor, is the purpose…
CHAPTER ELEVEN FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH: CASE STUDY OF A HANDLER’S PERSPECTIVE OF EQUINE-FACILITATED THERAPY Christopher Hayes and Christopher R. Walker Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a growing field and is…
CHAPTER TEN CANINE PARTNERS IN HEALTH CARE Leslie Himot, Tanya Gordon, Rhonda L. Harrison, and Mary de Chesnay PURPOSE The purpose of the following case studies is to explain the…
CHAPTER SEVEN COMING HOME: VETERANS WITH PTSD ADAPTING TO LIFE AT HOME Patricia Hentz Only the dead have seen the end of war. I have seen the end of war,…
3 Spirituality Within the Context of Holism Introduction This chapter explores the place that spirituality has within the context of holism. The adjective holistic is used frequently within the caring…
