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Die Smiling: A Memoir: The Sorrows and Joys of a Journey to Dignitas by Julie Casson 9781914487262
RRP: £13.99£9.01As seen in national newspapers "A searingly honest tale of love, life and death" - Sarah Wootton, Dignity in Dying Die Smiling is a rare and intimate account of one man's journey to Dignitas in Zurich and his ultimate triumph over suffering and disease... -
We all know how this ends: Lessons about life and living from working with death and dying by Anna Lyons
RRP: £12.99£9.89'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast 'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in Mind We all know how this ends is a new approach to death and dying, showing how exploring... -
Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care by Max Watson 9780198745655
RRP: £33.99£29.66The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care returns for a third edition, maintaining the concise yet comprehensive format suited to the busy practitioner for quick access to key information, and fully updated to reflect changes in the palliative care... -
How We Grieve: Relearning the World by Thomas Attig
RRP: £37.49£28.50If we wish to understand loss experiences we must learn details of survivors' stories. The new version of How We Grieve: Relearning the World tells in-depth tales of survival to illustrate the poignant disruption of life and suffering that loss entails... -
Palliative Care by Heather Campbell
£9.12This easy-to-use guide provides a quick reference to the principles of palliative and end-of-life care for adults, to help you enable your patients to not only die peacefully but also live until they die.The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved... -
Palliative Care in the Home by Derek Doyle 9780192632272
RRP: £120.00£91.36Most people with far-advanced illness wish to be cared for at home for as long as possible. The challenge of providing good palliative care at home is therefore of major importance for family doctors, nurses and all those committed to maintaining the... -
The Comfort of People Daniel Miller (University College London, UK) 9781509524327
RRP: £15.99£14.51At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships. In this book, Daniel Miller, one of the world's leading anthropologists, examines the social worlds of people suffering from terminal or long-term illness. Threading together a series of... -
The Other Side of Sadness (Revised): What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss by George Bonanno
RRP: £16.99£11.62The conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance - is defined by a mourning process that we can only hope to accept and endure. In The Other Side of Sadness,... -
Cicely Saunders: The Founder of the Modern Hospice Movement by Shirley Du Boulay
RRP: £13.99£10.01Dame Cicely Saunders was the founder of the Hospice Movement, in which Britain leads the world. Her work transformed our approach to the care of the dying, and also the debate about euthanasia. She died in 2005 and her memorial service was held in... -
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande 9780805095159
RRP: £32.99£19.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New England Book Award (Nonfiction) 2015 and Books for a Better Life (Wellness) 2015 and Indies Choice Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2015. Commended for L.A. Times... -
Death is But a Dream: Hope and meaning at life's end by Dr Christopher Kerr
RRP: £12.99£8.83Christopher Kerr is a hospice doctor. All of his patients die. Yet he has tended thousands of patients who, in the face of death, speak of love, meaning and grace. They reveal that there is hope beyond cure as they transition to focus on personal meaning... -
Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing by Constance Dahlin 9780190204709
RRP: £43.99£28.38The Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing is a companion guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing, the first text devoted to advanced practice nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. Each chapter of this pocket guide... -
The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead, and Find Peace on Your Journey by Francesca Arnoldy
RRP: £20.00£13.45If you are preparing for the end of life-or simply looking to bring more meaning to the here and now-The Death Doula's Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared imparts valuable insight to nurture clarity and your internal strength on your journey... -
Speaking of Dying: A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care by Colin Murray Parkes
RRP: £27.99£27.02...members of the caring professions need all the counselling skills that we can muster. Readers of this book will end up feeling less helpless in the face of death but we should not expect to find communication easy. "What can we say?" Once we think we... -
Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing Michaela Dixon (University of the West of England; United Bristol Healthcare Trust) 9781405199360
RRP: £40.95£36.01Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing The needs of critically ill children are unique and highly specialised. Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing is an essential manual of care and an invaluable resource to all those involved in the care of critically ill... -
The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die by Katie Engelhart
RRP: £9.99£6.90BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR AND THE TIMES'Fascinating.... Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' Sunday Times'Powerful and moving.' Louis TherouxMeet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped?... -
Long-term pain: A guide to practical management by John Lee
RRP: £39.99£39.81Designed for primary care clinicians, this book is about patients who suffer with long term pain. Written in a distinct, friendly style, it analyses ideas about pain from the simple to the complex and provides up-to-date and relevant information written... -
We all know how this ends: Lessons about life and living from working with death and dying by Anna Lyons 9781472966810
RRP: £20.00£14.10'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast 'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in Mind End-of-life doula Anna Lyons and funeral director Louise Winter have joined forces to... -
The Inevitable: Stories of Choosing The End by Katie Engelhart
RRP: £15.99£12.00BOOK OF THE YEAR IN SPECTATOR AND TIMES'Fascinating.... Deeply disturbing... Brilliant' Sunday Times'Powerful and moving.' Louis TherouxMeet Adam. He's twenty-seven years old, articulate and attractive. He also wants to die. Should he be helped? And by... -
Handle with Care by Rochelle Bugg 9781789460353 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.65In this heart-breaking, inspirational memoir, Rochelle nurses her beloved mother through a terminal brain tumour. With sensitivity and enormous emotional depth, Handle with Care provides a window into the life of a young carer.When her mum falls... -
Handle with Care by Rochelle Bugg
RRP: £8.99£6.42In this heart-breaking, inspirational memoir, Rochelle nurses her beloved mother through a terminal brain tumour. With sensitivity and enormous emotional depth, Handle with Care provides a window into the life of a young carer.When her mum falls... -
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life by Katy Butler
RRP: £12.99£11.04This "comforting...thoughtful" (The Washington Post) guide to maintaining a high quality of life-from resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breath-by the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door... -
Psycho-Oncology: A Quick Reference on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer Symptom Management by Jimmie C. Holland 9780199988730
RRP: £68.00£59.26Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adults living with cancer and their families. Chapters cover a wide range of topics including screening... -
Enhancing Cancer Care: Complementary therapy and support by Jennifer Barraclough 9780199297559
£85.72Around one in three people in the western world will develop cancer at some stage in life and complementary therapies are increasingly being used alongside orthodox treatments as part of the 'integrative' approach to cancer care. Enhancing Cancer Care is... -
Pathways through Care at the End of Life: A Guide to Person-Centred Care by Anita Hayes
RRP: £29.99£28.86As someone approaches the end of their life, it is vitally important that they receive quality care and support, that their wishes are met, and that they are treated with dignity and respect. Pathways through Care at the End of Life is a comprehensive... -
Navigating Communication with Seriously Ill Patients: Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope by Robert M. Arnold 9781108925853
RRP: £29.99£25.94When clinicians communicate effectively, patients retain more information, have higher trust and a better quality of life. Such a patient-centred approach is the future of clinical care, and this book is an essential how-to guide on improving these... -
Dementia: From advanced disease to bereavement by Victor Pace 9780199237807
£62.53The Oxford Specialist Handbooks series provides readers with clear, concise information on all that is needed to successfully train in the medical sub-specialties. Each book gives an overview of clearly defined procedures, skills, guidelines, and... -
Sky Above Clouds: Finding Our Way through Creativity, Aging, and Illness by Wendy L. Miller 9780199371419
RRP: £33.99£25.76Through their scientific research and clinical practice, husband and wife team Gene D. Cohen and Wendy L. Miller uncovered new clues about how the aging mind can build resilience and continue growth, even during times of grave illness, thus setting aside... -
Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient Philip Jevon (Manor Hospital, Walsall) 9781444337471
RRP: £25.95£22.60Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an invaluable, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, this well-established and handy reference guide text assumes no prior knowledge... -
Integrating Clinical Aromatherapy in Palliative Care by Carol Rose
RRP: £26.99£26.10By bridging the gap between conventional medical interventions and complementary approaches using aromatherapy, palliative care nurse and clinical aromatherapist, Carol Rose, demonstrates how an integrated and evidence-based approach can have the most... -
Parents and Bereavement: A Personal and Professional Exploration by Christine Young 9780199652648
RRP: £51.00£45.09Grief is a very individual experience and it can impact all aspects of a person's life. Parents and Bereavement: A Personal and Professional Exploration of Grief brings together latest research and practice from the pioneering children and young adults'... -
Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines by Kim K. Kuebler 9781416030799
RRP: £40.99£38.54Palliative and End-of-Life Care, 2nd Edition provides clinicians with the guidelines and tools necessary to provide quality, evidenced-based care to patients with life-limiting illness. This text describes the care and management of patients with... -
Advance Care Planning in End of Life Care by Keri Thomas 9780198802136
RRP: £56.00£37.56Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries. It enables more people to live well and die as they would choose, and has significant implications for the individual person, their family and... -
Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Treatment Manual by William S. Breitbart 9780199837243
RRP: £43.99£30.15The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of "meaning" in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look... -
Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa: A review of developments and challenges by Michael Wright 9780199206803
RRP: £97.00£81.43800 million people live in Africa, a continent which covers 22% of the world's surface and encompasses some 50 countries. Conflict, poverty, endemic diseases, and lack of clean water pose serious challenges for the population, made worse by a rampaging... -
Art of Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life by Stefanie Green
RRP: £20.00£16.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982129460Author Stefanie GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm)... -
Fundamentals of Palliative Care for Student Nurses Megan Rosser 9781118437803
RRP: £31.95£28.91Fundamentals of Palliative Care for Student Nurses is a thorough yet accessible introduction and overview of a key area of the nursing programme. This textbook clearly explains the palliation of symptoms and the social context of death and dying... -
Palliative Care by Christina Faull 9780198702412
RRP: £36.49£36.44The care of patients with advanced and terminal illness can be extremely rewarding but often causes professionals a considerable amount of discomfort. This is especially so when you feel under confident in your abilities to provide a high quality of... -
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
RRP: £17.99£11.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250076229Author Atul GawandeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Multifaith Care for Sick and Dying Children and their Families: A Multi-Disciplinary Guide by Paul Nash
RRP: £29.99£28.86What do you need to know in order to provide the best possible care for sick children of different faiths? What, in the context of the young person's faith, might it be helpful to know to support the child and the family, improve care, communicate...