Terminal Care

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419671715Author John ChuchmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 327g

This text moves from historical perspectives to caring for the caregiver; and includes theories, holistic models, the grief process and responses to loss, ethical and legal considerations, patient centered care, communication, management of specific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988969179Author Elaine FeuerFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Blue DanubePublisher Blue DanubeWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

In recent years hospice care has gone from a little-known medical alternative to a major movement in health care. By emphasizing palliative care and pain management rather than curative treatment, hospices allow the terminally ill to spend the last days,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615677545Author Fawn HoenerFormat PaperbackImprint Fawn HoenerPublisher Fawn HoenerWeight(grams) 195g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989200301Author Diane Burnside MurdockFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Murdocks, LLCPublisher Murdocks, LLCWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692463475Author Karen Sue FarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New English PublishersPublisher New English PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692433751Author Christopher StookeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Freckles PressPublisher Freckles PressWeight(grams) 195g

The Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care is an easily-navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. The table of contents follows the core...

Palliative Care Consultations in Haemato-oncology is the first book in a new international, multi-contributed series aimed at providing practical, clinical guidance on how to deal with difficult symptoms related to specific cancer sites. Patients with...

This is the second book in a new international, multi-contributed series aimed at providing practical, clinical guidance on how to deal with difficult symptoms related to specific cancer sites. In gynaeoncology there are a number of symptoms which cause...

Most chronically and terminally ill patients are cared for in their own homes by family and friends, rather than in hospitals or hospices. These carers are an invaluable free resource and there is an increasing amount of research into their role and the...

This book addresses key questions about the need for palliative care, the current provision of services and the evidence for the effectiveness of a range of alternative models of organisation in pallitaive care. A broad approach is taken to include the...

Many hospice social workers must address spiritual issues with their clients, but do not feel competent to do so effectively. This targeted volume draws upon multidisciplinary theory and research to advance a relational model of spiritually sensitive...

This is the fifth book in an international, multi-contributed series aimed at providing practical, clinical guidance on how to deal with difficult symptoms related to specific cancer sites. In this volume the Editors bring together first-rate palliative...

Patient participation and user involvement are central to current thinking about the effective delivery of desired healthcare outcomes. Working with the person who lies behind every patient is core to palliative care. A voice can only become significant...

The third book in a series devoted to research and practice in palliative care. The four topics covered in this volume are Paediatric Palliative Care, The Management of Bone Pain, Psychopathology in Patients with Cancer, Skin Disorders and Their...

Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual.Book InformationISBN 9781138987043Author Katherine KarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

Without any warning, in September 1999, David Newman was told he had a rare and life-threatening tumor in the base of his skull. In the compressed space of five weeks, he consulted with leading physicians and surgeons at four major medical centers. The...

Medical futility is a controversial issue not only in its definition but also in its application. There are few books on the subject, and those in existence mostly focus on the situation in the United States. This title, however, provides extensive...

At a time, when the section of the older population is increasing in all western societies, more and more attention needs to be paid to the growing number of people who live with and die of drawn-out terminal illnesses, cancer being one of the most...

Like the first edition, this is a seminal textbook for the advanced practice nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. This comprehensive work addresses all aspects of palliative care including physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933503622Author Walter St. JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Bull Publishing CompanyPublisher Bull Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 280g

Hospices have played a critical role in transforming ideas about death and dying. Viewing death as a natural event, hospices seek to enable people approaching mortality to live as fully and painlessly as possible. Award-winning medical historian Emily K...

Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual.Book InformationISBN 9780866563987Author Katherine KarrFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor &...

The Hospice Companion is a guide to the processes of care during the intensive, interpersonal experiences of hospice work. This resource highlights the mission and values of modern-day hospice through the individual and combined efforts of the field's...

Many hospice social workers must address spiritual issues with their clients, but do not feel competent to do so effectively. This targeted volume draws upon multidisciplinary theory and research to advance a relational model of spiritually sensitive...

Here is the result of over ten years of hands-on clinical experience by two experts wha have worked with the elderly. The authors explore the contributions of the creative arts therapies, specifically movement and drama therapy, to the individual and...

Anyone suffering from a terminal illness faces huge challenges, not only emotionally and physically, but also in the range of practical decisions they need to make. In your own time guides the patient through the choices that exist in the current system...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826127129Author Marianne MatzoFormat HardbackPage Count 725Imprint Springer Publishing Co IncPublisher Springer Publishing Co Inc

Currently and for centuries past, sickness has been understood to be primarily the physical result of bodily disease. Yet this definition of illness is out-of-date and untrue to life at a time when chronic illness and the problems of disability and aging...

In our society, the overwhelming majority of people die in later life. They typically die slowly of chronic diseases, with multiple co-existing problems over long periods of time. They spend the majority of their final years at home, but many will die in...

Communication in Palliative Nursing presents the COMFORT Model, a theoretically-grounded and empirically-based model of palliative care communication. Built on over a decade of communication research with patients, families, and interdisciplinary...

800 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...

Through 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988925783Author Phyllis MelhadoFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Prominence PublishingPublisher Prominence PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587364815Author Michael AppletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Hats Off BooksPublisher Hats Off BooksWeight(grams) 154g

Support for the family is a key component of palliative care practice and philosophy, with both patient and family construed as the 'unit of care'. However, there is not always formal acknowledgement of the importance of the family carer role, or that of...

Consultants and nurses in palliative medicine who do not have a background in oncology need to know about the different types of cancer to be able to deal with palliation in these patients. The new edition of this popular book continues to provide...

Handbook of Nutrition and Diet in Palliative Care, Second Edition, is a comprehensive guide, providing exhaustive information on nutrition and diet in terminal and palliative care. It covers physical, cultural and ethical aspects, bridging the...