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Viewpoint: In the service of an angel: A frail patient teaches compassionate care

May 1, 2008
By:Rita Bergevin, RN, MA, BC

A frail, aging victim of Parkinson's disease offers a nurse and her students a lesson in compassion for the most helpless patients.

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