Palliative medicine

In this updated edition, the authors examine the issues of death and dying as a continuum, from death education and care of the dying to grief and bereavement.

In eight innovative sessions, Henderson, Hanson, and Reynolds provide sage advice, numerous case studies, a wide variety of assessment tools, intructional guidelines, and practical exercises to educate nursing home staff about care of the dying.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary domain of eHealth - one of the most important recent developments in healthcare.

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This book provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death.

This book provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death.

This book guides the physician through the daunting communication challenges of explaining life-threatening illness to patients and families.

Describes practical support and symptom relief for those who suffer from chronic neurological diseases.

This book describes the current state of the art in the field of palliative care in children and adults.

This evidence-based text brings together the theory and practice of palliative care.

This book provides an up to date reference for healthcare professionals working in palliative care.

Now in its second edition, this is the only book on occupational therapy in oncology and palliative care.

What does supportive oncology do that palliative care doesn't already do?

This practical guide summarizes the principles of working with dying patients and their families as influenced by the commoner world religions and secular philosophies.

This practical guide summarizes the principles of working with dying patients and their families as influenced by the commoner world religions and secular philosophies.

Individuals and families face challenges at the end of life that can vary significantly depending on social and cultural contexts, yet more than ever is now known about the needs that cut across the great diversity of experiences in the face of dying and death.

Individuals and families face challenges at the end of life that can vary significantly depending on social and cultural contexts, yet more than ever is now known about the needs that cut across the great diversity of experiences in the face of dying and death.

Palliative Care Within Mental Health: Ethical Practice explores the comprehensive concerns and dilemmas that occur surrounding people experiencing mental health problems and disorders.

Palliative Care Within Mental Health: Ethical Practice explores the comprehensive concerns and dilemmas that occur surrounding people experiencing mental health problems and disorders.

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.

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.

Vitamin C holds a unique place in scientific and cultural history.

Vitamin C holds a unique place in scientific and cultural history.

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

Are you involved in caring for people at the end of their life?

Holistic models of cancer and palliative care frequently refer to spirituality as an important element.

Este título viene a complementar el título Manual de atención paliativa en pacientes con enfermedades crónicas: Aspectos generales coordinado también por el Dr.

A practicing music thanatologist provides an insider's history of this remarkable profession, which combines music, medicine, and spirituality to help the terminally ill and their families face the end of life.

An international bestseller, this compassionate memoir by a leading pioneer in medically assisted dying who helps suffering patients explore and fulfill their end of life choices is ';written with sensitivity, grace, and candor.

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.

A unique "e;mentor in a pocket"e; handbook covering the most emotionally-trying experience nurses faceFrom a world recognized expert on care for the dying, comes the first pocket-sized reference for generalist nurses on palliative care.

A practical, empowering guide to navigating your partner's diagnosis of a terminal or life-limiting illness, or death.

When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she is taking the first step on a challenging and confusing journey.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset' Sunday Times'Illuminating and beautiful' Cathy RentzenbrinkWhat if everything you thought you knew about death was wrong?

Viele Menschen wunschen am Ende ihres Lebens, zuhause sterben zu konnen.

*; Outlines 10 steps for dying gracefully with the help of psychedelics, including how to navigate the complex legal landscape and find the right guide and therapy*; Looks at clinical studies of psychedelics from UCLA, Johns Hopkins, and NYU School of Medicine that show dramatic lessening of end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill patients*; Shares wisdom from experts on psychedelic research and palliative care, including Roland Griffiths, Katherine MacLean, Ira Byock, and Anthony BossisExamining the evolving landscape that is found around end-of-life psychedelic care, Dr.

Viele Menschen wunschen am Ende ihres Lebens, zuhause sterben zu konnen.

'A hymn to the art and science of nursing itself' GuardianThe hand of a stranger offered in solace.

Despite the familiarity of hope in human experience, it is a phenomenon infrequently considered from a philosophical point of view.

Patients, spouses, families, and caregivers dealing with dementia face a host of complex issues, particularly when they must confront Dementia with Lewy Bodies or Parkinson's Disease.

Patients, spouses, families, and caregivers dealing with dementia face a host of complex issues, particularly when they must confront Dementia with Lewy Bodies or Parkinson's Disease.

This handbook explores the topic of death and dying from the late twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on the United States.

Clinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but why.

Clinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but why.

This major new work updates and significantly expands The Hastings Center's 1987 Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care of the Dying.

Hospice care is one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.

In this groundbreaking book, Dr.

Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care.

In Death, Dying, and Organ Transplantation: Reconstructing Medical Ethics at the End of Life, Miller and Truog challenge fundamental doctrines of established medical ethics.

For patients and family caregivers the journey through illness and transitions of care is characterized by a series of progressive physical and emotional losses.