Terminal Care

Listening carefully to patients at the end of life is at the heart of good palliative care and this book provides a means of recognizing and talking about spiritual needs even when religious language is not used. The author refers to this as a 'language...

When the first edition of A House Called Helen was published in 1993, there were only a handful of children's hospices in existence, all of them within the UK. There are now more than twenty in operation, and a significant number at the project stage, in...

One of the most challenging roles of the psycho-oncologist is to help guide terminally-ill patients through the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the dying process. Patients with cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses are at...

Palliative medicine was first recognised as a specialist field in 1987. One hundred years earlier, London based doctor William Munk published a treatise on 'easeful death' that mapped out the principles of practical, spiritual, and medical support at the...

Caring for terminally ill patients and their families is challenging. Patients with life limiting illness require the skills of many professionals but also the support of their community. While most clinicians are comfortable in assessing a broad range...

A team of two practitioners in psychosocial palliative care and an academic have drawn together the work of twenty-eight highly experienced practitioners. Good Practices in Palliative Care : a psychosocial perspective provides detailed descriptions of...

Over the last thirty years, the concern of Pain Medicine practitioners about the potential for their patients to develop a dependence on opioids has left opioid therapy as a largely underutilized treatment. While there is no simple answer to chronic...

Apologies 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 *...

Psychiatric, or psychosocial, palliative care has transformed palliative medicine. Palliation that neglects psychosocial dimensions of patient and family experience fails to meet contemporary standards of comprehensive palliative care. While a focus on...

After the Nancy Cruzan case was decided by the Supreme Court in 1990, and ultimately resolved by the Courts of the State of Missouri, the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging nutrition and hydration appeared to many to be as noncontroversial...

Modern medical technology has changed not only the way we live but also the way we die. Until two generations ago, people usually died suddenly, after an accident or serious illness. Now, most of us will live with chronic conditions, and our dying will...

Teamwork is a complex but essential component of palliative care. The needs of people diagnosed with life threatening disease will vary greatly over time, and it is rarely possible for just one professional to be able to provide adequate care. In order...

A book for nurses, doctors and all who provide end of life care, this essential volume guides readers through the ethical complexities of such care, including current policy initiatives, and encourages debate and discussion on their controversial aspects...

The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing is a pragmatic text assisting nurses at every career level through the challenges and rewards of their everyday duty to care. It advances the seminal work of Drs. Betty Ferrell and Nessa Coyle to give...

Supportive care can be thought of as an extension of palliative care so that the person with dementia receives good quality, holistic care that makes no distinctions between the dichotomies of care and cure from the time of diagnosis until, and beyond,...

Society has become increasingly diverse; multi-cultural, multi-faith and wide ranging in family structures. The wealthier are healthier and social inequalities are more pronounced. Respecting and working with the range of 'differences' among service...

The 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...

When we are thrust into the role of caregiver for a loved one who is in the process of dying, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Yet it's a situation millions of us face every year with virtually no sort of preparation or guidance. With Graceful Exit, Dr...

Supportive Care for the Renal Patient Second Edition provides a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of supportive care for the nephrology patient. An international group of contributors emphasise the continuum of palliative care from the time of...

Despite the fact that most palliative care educators are involved in teaching, there is little literature devoted to education specifically within palliative care. This book bridges that gap, giving a wide-ranging, global view of palliative care...

The use of narrative methods has a long history in palliative care, pioneered by Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement, Narrative and Stories in Health Care provides a vibrant, multidisciplinary examination of work with narrative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Writers' Trust of Canada - Balsille Prize for Public Policy 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780735241077Author Jean MarmoreoFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint...

Since the efforts of Dame Cicely Saunders and the founders of the modern hospice movement, compassion has become a fundamental part of palliative care. In this ground-breaking book, international experts give their critical thoughts on the essence and...

Ageing populations mean that palliative and end of life care for older people must assume greater priority. Indeed, there is an urgent need to improve the experiences of older people at the end of life, given that they have been identified as the...

Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life. The book describes the tools used to achieve a good...

How do people face life-limiting illness and death? This challenging question is discussed in-depth in Life to be Lived by looking at the feelings, hopes, fears and stresses associated with life-threatening illnesses, often experienced by patients and...

Grief 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'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527229389Author V C QuinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Blue-Jay PressPublisher Blue-Jay PressWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

Political, economic, social, cultural and technological changes have led to profound transformations in the ways that death and loss are perceived and managed in contemporary society. Over the last few decades, the long term shift to chronic illness as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Writers' Trust of Canada - Balsille Prize for Public Policy 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780735248397Author Jean MarmoreoFormat PaperbackPage Count...

The process of patients with advanced illnesses entering the emergency department is fraught with uncertainty for both patients and medical providers. Yet, there is a lack of definitive and accessible resources which provide immediate guidance for the...

Psycho-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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525542841Author Christopher KerrFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

This volume presents a series of case narratives, following individual patients and families throughout the course of illness and death in the context of hospice and palliative care. Using a variety of qualitative research methods, including...

This moving and insightful handbook collects wisdom and experience from pactitioners and those who have lost a loved one on the role of spirituality in end of life care. It addresses the place of spirituality in our modern society and the challenge of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197805114Author Harvey Max ChochinovFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662908934Author Dr Ken PettitFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954744134Author Raymond D SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Epigraph PublishingPublisher Epigraph PublishingWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733322294Author Ann B RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint RhodesPublisher RhodesWeight(grams) 145g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945493768Author Bonnie J ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Impress Publishing ServicesPublisher Impress Publishing ServicesWeight(grams) 426g