Delivering Person-Centred Care in Nursing

Through the use of varied and extended case studies, this book explains and demonstrates how nurses can transform the ideals of person-centred care into reality for patients throughout their healthcare journey within a variety of settings.

List of contents

Part 1: Person-centred care: theory and philosophy
Chapter 1: Person-centred care: concepts, origins and challenges
Chapter 2: Person-centred care and the nursing process
Part 2: How to deliver person-centred care
Chapter 3: Case study one: helping Avril cope with facial disfigurement
Chapter 4: Case study two: helping John cope with surgery
Chapter 5: Case study three: helping Tom learn about diabetes
Chapter 6: Case study four: helping Susan counter depression
Chapter 7: Checking back and looking forward

About the author

Bob Price is a healthcare education and training consultant. Formerly, he was Director, Postgraduate Awards in Advancing Healthcare Practice at the Open University. A passionate educator, Bob has assisted students at every level from pre-registration programmes of study up to and including Doctor of Philosophy. Bob’s doctoral thesis was on the negotiation of learning and strategies used by students and tutors to develop scholarly and professional forms of expression.

Product details

• Authors: Bob Price, Price Bob
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2025
• EAN: 9781036200831
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3620083-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Transforming Nursing Practice Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills, MEDICAL / Nursing / Research & Theory, Nursing research & theory, Nursing fundamentals and skills, Nursing research and theory, For undergraduate education and equivalents, Nurse / patient relationship, Textbook, coursework