Biomedical subjects

L J Korda

Publications and source records attributed to L J Korda.

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Self-esteem and hospice: applying principles to practice.

Maintenance of a healthy degree of self-esteem is essential to the goal of helping patients and their significant others to live as fully as possible. It is important for hospice caregivers to be aware of factors which tend to diminish self-esteem in hospice care recipients as well as in themselves. A knowledge of basic principles about self-esteem and the application of interventions based on these principles can aid in the preservation and enhancement of self-esteem in hospice caregivers and recipients.

Hospice Care↗

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The benefits of beneficence: rewards of hospice volunteering.

Hospice volunteering can provide many benefits to the volunteer as well as to the hospice program. Identification of these benefits, which may be characterized as being of the body, mind, and spirit, is helpful in the recruitment of new volunteers as well as in the retention of current ones. It is important for hospice programs to find ways to assist volunteers to attain these rewards.

Health Promotion↗