The experience of an academic as care giver: Implications for education

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This article describes the experience of a nurse educator who participated in a 1-month course in the care of terminally ill and dying patients at St. Christopher's Hospice in London. The writer, highlighting some features of this internationally known and respected model, discusses her personal reactions and the implications her experience could have for education. Emphasis is placed on the need for educators to become more aware of the demands—physical, emotional, and spiritual—which are made on those caring for terminally ill and dying patients, and of the unique personal needs that each care-giver may bring to this experience. It is noted that not all persons who desire to care for terminally ill and dying patients necessarily have the capacity to do so, those who do require the assistance of a caring community.

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