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1Community Palliative Care Nurse Specialist with The Douglas Macmillan Hospice, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
Abstract:
Palliative care specialist nurses aim to ensure that clients are offered the full range of care modalities. It is important that care is given to the total person. This paper will critically analyse the role of complementary therapy as a contribution to palliative care. Aromatherapy will be specifically highlighted, including examination of the way in which it relates to the four main principles of holism.
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