Palliative Care

  • Palliative Care
    By Christina Faull, Kerry Blankley

    Case History Exercise Mrs Ada Jones is a 62yearold lady who lives with John, to whom she has been married for 5 years. She was divorced from Fred 10 years ago. They had four children together. John has two children from his previous ...

  • Palliative Care: An Integrated Approach
    By Jenny Buckley

    Jones R, Pearson J, MacGregor S et al. (1999) Randomised trial of personalised computer information based information for cancer patients. BMJ 319: 1241–7. Jones R, Tweddle S, Hampshire M et al. (2000) Effective health care.

  • Palliative Care: The Nursing Role
    By Jean Lugton, Rosemary McIntyre

    In: Pearson A (ed.) Primary nursing: nursing in the Burford and Oxford nursing development units. Croom Helm, London, p 89–116 NCHSPCS 1995 Specialist palliative care: a statement of definitions. National Council for Hospice and ...

  • Palliative Care: A Patient-Centered Approach
    By Geoff Mitchell

    ... Goldstein LH, Leigh PN. The psychological impact of motor neurone disease. Psychol Med. 1994; 24(3): 625−32. editors. Concept Measure Issues. 1995; 13:51−74. UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE PERSON: LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS ACROSS THE LIFE ...

  • Palliative Care: The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death
    By Harold Y. Vanderpool

    Cassileth, Barrie R., Christine Brown, Carla Liberatore, John Lovejoy, Scott A. Parry, Catherine Streeto, Kate Watkins, and Deborah Berlyne. “Medical Students' Reactions to a Hospice Preceptorship. ... Chapman, Earle M. “He ...

  • Palliative Care: A Patient-Centered Approach
    By Geoff Mitchell

    References 1 Dodd M, Janson, S, Facione N, et al. Advancing the science of symptom management. JAdv Nurs. 2001; 33: 668–76. 2 Caroci Ade S, Lareau SC. Descriptors of dyspnea by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease versus ...

  • Palliative Care
    By Christina Faull, Kerry Blankley

    This is especially so when you feel under confident in your abilities to provide a high quality of symptom management and relief from distress and to communicate appropriately with patients.

  • Palliative Care: A Guide for Health Social Workers
    By Bridget Sumser, Meagan Leimena, Terry Altilio

    This book is a useful tool for any social worker working with individuals and families navigating complex health care systems.

  • Palliative Care: A Practical Guide for the Health Professional : Finding Meaning and Purpose in Life and Death
    By Claire Tester, Kathryn Boog

    This book encourages health professionals to reconceptualise their practice in the light of the fact that their patients are deteriorating and dying, supporting them in their dichotomous role which involves affirming that person's life ...

  • Palliative Care: An Integrated Approach
    By Jenny Buckley

    The book addresses the palliative needs of any patient with any disease in any care setting, which gives it a generic approach. This is in line with current government directives.

  • Palliative Care: Core Skills and Clinical Competencies
    By Linda L. Emanuel, S. Lawrence Librach

    Find out all you need to know about providing high-quality care to patients with serious illnesses from the 2nd edition.

  • Palliative Care
    By Joel J. Heidelbaugh, Serife Eti, M.D.

    Palliative care focuses on reducing the severity of disease symptoms in order to prevent and relieve suffering and to improve the quality of life for people facing serious, complex illness.

  • Palliative Care: A Case-based Guide
    By Michael J. Fisch, Jane E. Loitman, Christian T. Sinclair

    Some chapters follow one patient through the course of an illness to highlight the applicability of palliative care throughout the disease process. This concise book offers an engaging case-based approach to palliative care.

  • Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness
    By Robert Hughes, Stephen L. Isaacs, Diane E. Meier

    Palliative Care is the first book to provide a comprehensive understanding of the new field that is transforming the way Americans deal with serious illness.

  • Palliative Care: A Patient-centered Approach
    By Geoffrey Mitchell

    'Palliative Care' examines the management of patients and, with international, evidence-based contributions, suggests practical and challenging ways to care for the dying.

  • Palliative Care: Psychosocial and Ethical Considerations
    By Joav Merrick, Edward Chow, Blair Henry

    In this book, the authors cover clinical, psychosocial and end-of-life aspects.

  • Palliative Care
    By Heather Campbell

    This 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 alsolive until they die.

  • Palliative Care: The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death
    By Harold Y. Vanderpool

    Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile end-of-life treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and ...

  • Palliative Care: A Guide for Health Social Workers
    By Bridget Sumser, Meagan Leimena, Terry Altilio

    This book is a useful tool for educators, learners, and practicing social workers working with individuals and families navigating complex health care systems.

  • Palliative Care: A Different Kind of Hope
    By M.D., Patrick J. Macmillan

    Answering patient's questions about death honestly is vitally important and best demonstrates compassion and care. ... let in the love and blessings of their loved ones and the caring from strangers, whose message of hope transcends the ...