Palliative medicine

A unique volume reflecting the state of the art in hospice nursing, Nursing in Hospice and Terminal Care addresses the special concerns of nurses--the primary professional caregivers in a hospice--in caring for terminally ill patients and in comforting their families.

Having a serious illness can be incredibly difficult, especially when there is no cure.

The most thorough text available on providing patients and families with quality end-of-life care"e;The study/learning questions at the end of each chapter make this book an excellent resource for both faculty who wish to test knowledge, and individual learners who wish to assess their own learning.

The third edition of Hospice and Palliative Care is the essential guide to the hospice and palliative care movement both within the United States and around the world.

Breast Cancer provides an in-depth understanding of the biology of breast cancer, the natural history of the disease, the use of molecular markers, the interpretation of clinical trial data, and the integration of multiple therapeutic modalities.

Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an invaluable, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward.

Caring for the Family Caregiver examines the high cost and poorly addressed exigencies of the family caregiver in chronic illness, including health literacy, palliative care, and health outcomes, through the prism of communication.

Pediatric Palliative Care: A Model for Exemplary Practice lays out a road map for health-care providers interested in optimizing care for seriously ill children and their families.

This easy-to-read, practical guide distils and compiles all the disparate literature on cancer into one succinct volume.

This book explores the experiences of Muslims in the United States as they interact with the health care system during serious illness and end-of-life care.

This book comprehensively and critically discusses chronicity as a crucial challenge for the future of medicine in an era of aging populations and the steady growth of non-communicable comorbidities.

The use of cannabinoid-based medicines (CBM), and cannabis in particular, has risen steadily among cancer and palliative care patients over the last few years.

*Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*A near-death experience (NDE) is a phenomenon whereby powerful physical and emotional sensations and visions are experienced by someone who is either close to death or has been declared clinically dead.

This established and well-regarded Guide describes the management of patients with advanced disease.

How do people face life-limiting illness and death?

Through an exploration of the ethical nature of nursing, Caring Matters Most asserts that the act of nursing itself embodies goodness.

Mitochondria produce the chemical energy necessary for eukaryotic cell functions; hence mitochondria are an essential component of health, playing roles in both disease and aging.

The Hospice Companion is a guide to the processes of care during the intensive, interpersonal experiences of hospice work.

Here is an overview of many of the ethical challenges facing health care practitioners today.

Improved cancer treatment and survival rates have resulted in a growing number of cancer survivors who live years, and even decades, after their cancer diagnosis.

As 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.

This book examines the ethics of end of life care, focusing on the kinds of decisions that are commonly made in clinical practice.

Wish to die statements are becoming a frequent phenomenon in terminally ill patients.

The continuum of exploitation that has historically defined the everyday of domestic work - exclusion from employment and social security standards and precarious migration status - has frequently been neglected.

What do you need to know in order to provide the best possible care for sick children of different faiths?

This comprehensive guide thoroughly covers all aspects of neuropalliative care,  from symptom-specific considerations, to improving communication between clinicians, patients and families.

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to genes, fetal development and early brain development.

As an essential and emerging practice, Pediatric palliative care seeks to prevent and relieve suffering for children with life-threatening conditions.

Ethics in Hospice Care: Challenges to Hospice Values in a Changing Health Care Environment explores the pressures and challenges facing hospice and aims to produce new studies and educational materials on hospice ethics to help professionals in the field.

Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing The needs of critically ill children are unique and highly specialised.

Wish to die statements are becoming a frequent phenomenon in terminally ill patients.

This Second Edition of The Psychiatry of Palliative Medicine remains a practical and pragmatic distillation of the psychiatry relevant to the terminally ill.

In the 21st century, people in the developed world are living longer.

Hospital intensive care units have changed when and how we die--and not always for the better.

Communication in Palliative Nursing presents the COMFORT Model, a theoretically-grounded and empirically-based model of palliative care communication.

Participatory research is a relatively new method of researching practice especially within palliative care.

Learn to handle the problems that Parkinson's patients faceThrough Parkinson's Disease and Quality of Life, you will discover common problem areas seen in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Focussing on end-of-life care for people who use, or have used, substances, this book explores their social and health care needs and the multiple disadvantages they have often experienced, discussing the complexities around access to care that result.

The concept of a "e;good death"e; has been hotly debated in medical circles for decades.

This book provides healthcare professionals with a practice theory for the care and management of patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.

As 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.

Hospice chaplains have traditionally played a unique part in palliative care, providing human compassion and support to help ease life's final chapter.

So much emphasis in paramedic practice is placed on saving lives, and so how can you provide the best care for patients who are approaching the end of theirs?

Religionen geben Antworten auf den Tod.

Looking after children with life-limiting conditions is very difficult for both parents and health care professionals.

This book details a five-phase model of the process of forgiveness and reconciliation, exploring how it can be understood as a threshold experience with the potential to offer profound emotional renewal.

Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care provides a comprehensive overview of good practice in caring for terminally-ill children, young people and their families.

The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes.