Maxxine Rattner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6910802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maxxine Rattner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maxxine |
| FAMILY NAME | Rattner |
| SIGNATURE | RATTNER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6656-3488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Total pain’: Reverence and reconsideration
Dame Cicely Saunders' conceptualization of 'total pain', or 'total suffering', is one of her most significant and lasting contributions to the field of palliative care. It was Saunders' unique combination of knowledge and experiences as a trained social worker, nurse and physician that influenced her understanding of suffering specific to a life-limiting illness as being multi-dimensional: that suffering may be simultaneously physical, psychologi…
Tellable and untellable stories in suffering and palliative care
The relief of patients’ suffering – both physical and non-physical – is a primary aim of palliative care, and has been described as an obligation and ethical duty for palliative care providers. This paper suggests that common approaches to relieving patients’ non-physical suffering – such as creating opportunities to make meaning, achieve personal growth, and hone one’s resiliencies – comprise the larger, more tellable part of the palliative care…
Navigating the Intangible: Working With Nonphysical Suffering on the Front Lines of Palliative Care
While relieving suffering is palliative care's primary aim, how palliative care providers navigate patients' nonphysical suffering in their day-to-day work and the impact of working with nonphysical suffering on the clinician have been understudied. This exploratory study aims to begin to fill this gap in the literature. Results revealed that palliative care clinicians face several challenges in their efforts to navigate patients' nonphysical suf…
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Navigating the Intangible: Working With Nonphysical Suffering on the Front Lines of Palliative Care
While relieving suffering is palliative care's primary aim, how palliative care providers navigate patients' nonphysical suffering in their day-to-day work and the impact of working with nonphysical suffering on the clinician have been understudied. This exploratory study aims to begin to fill this gap in the literature. Results revealed that palliative care clinicians face several challenges in their efforts to navigate patients' nonphysical suf…
Tellable and untellable stories in suffering and palliative care
The relief of patients’ suffering – both physical and non-physical – is a primary aim of palliative care, and has been described as an obligation and ethical duty for palliative care providers. This paper suggests that common approaches to relieving patients’ non-physical suffering – such as creating opportunities to make meaning, achieve personal growth, and hone one’s resiliencies – comprise the larger, more tellable part of the palliative care…
Total pain’: Reverence and reconsideration
Dame Cicely Saunders' conceptualization of 'total pain', or 'total suffering', is one of her most significant and lasting contributions to the field of palliative care. It was Saunders' unique combination of knowledge and experiences as a trained social worker, nurse and physician that influenced her understanding of suffering specific to a life-limiting illness as being multi-dimensional: that suffering may be simultaneously physical, psychologi…
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Palliative care (3 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Patient Dignity and Privacy (2 works)