Palliative medicine

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the compatibility of palliative care with the vision of human dignity in the Catholic moral and theological traditions.

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

Volunteers have a long been involved in supporting the delivery of palliative care.

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

This is a practical, accessible guide for nurses on the management and care of the dying and deceased patient.

Most aged in India are experiencing a highly protracted death in hospitals, entangled in tubes and machines.

Fully updated for this second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Neurology is the definitive guide for all those working in neurology and neurosurgery.

This book analyzes the main topics of Palliative Care in Cardiac Intensive Care Units (CICU), from the changing epidemiology of patients admitted to the ICU, to the main clinical and ethical issues.

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.

This volume provides both the scientific and medical background to manipulation, as well as sound practical advice on how to carry out manipulative techniques.

Giving voice to the perspectives of children and families with lived experience of children's palliative care, Music Therapy in Children's Palliative Care: Collaborative Family and Practitioner Voices explores the integral role of music therapy and its benefits for supporting child and family wellbeing within a range of children's palliative care settings.

Death and Dying is an important core text for students and professionals interested in developing a holistic understanding of death and dying.

The growing geriatric population in the United States has created an increasing need for palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties.

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.

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

This textbook, Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care, represents the full evolution of radiation therapy, and of oncology in general.

The Collaborative for Palliative Care ("e;Collaborative"e;) is a grassroots consortium of public and private organizations that came together in 2005 for the purposes of studying the increasing need for palliative care and the methods for such care.

Recognized as the father of palliative care in North America, Balfour Mount facilitated a sea change in medical practice by foregrounding concern for the whole person facing incurable illness.

As cancer treatment has evolved toward precision medicine, psychosocial research and practices for cancer patients and their family members have also raised awareness of the need for a personalized, patient-focused, family-oriented approach in the Psycho-Oncology field.

Oxford Case Histories in Oncology contains 30 well-structured cases from clinical practice, giving a comprehensive coverage of the diagnostic and management dilemmas in oncology.

Rising to the Challenge of Life After Cancer: Expert Advice for Finding Wellness is an easy-to-read self-help guide for people facing cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or motor neurone disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that can cause profound suffering for both the patient and their family.

'Healthcare professionals spend much of their time listening to stories of sickness related by patients and their families.

Adolescence and young adulthood is often a difficult enough time without serious illness.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

Concentrating on techniques rather than pain pathology, Spinal Interventions in Pain Management is focused purely on the spine.

Through The Hospice Heritage: Celebrating Our Future, physicians, nurses, social workers, and clergy will find unique examples to give patients the attention, care, and understanding they need at that time in their life.

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.

Dealing with the social experience of grief, loss and bereavement are challenging areas for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved.

'Healthcare professionals spend much of their time listening to stories of sickness related by patients and their families.

Do you need a succinct introduction to the key theories and principles of palliative care and their application to practice?

This book provides a detailed guide to the ethical considerations involved when making decisions in surgery.

This book offers an extensive range of ideas and practical developing service users' creativity including songmaking, drama, dance, creative writing, music, video and visual arts.

This textbook details the nursing care of babies with life limiting conditions and sets the context within the philosophy of internationally collaborative neonatal palliative care emphasising emotional and practical support for their families.

This practical and accessible guide covers the core knowledge and key concepts required during the first 3 months in anaesthetics.

The Final FRCA Viva is the last postgraduate examination many trainees will ever take.

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

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

The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of "e;meaning"e; 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 beyond the role of antidepressant treatment in this population.

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

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

This book contains a foreword by Maurice Conlon, Associate Director, Appraisal and Revalidation Lead, NHS Clinical Governance Support Team.

Nurses are positioned on healthcare's front line, intimately connected to individuals, families, and communities.

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 and stories in contemporary health and social care, with a focus on the care of people who are ill and dying.

This book provides the best information available on the ways priorities are currently set for health care around the world.

This book explores the concept of relational care, what it feels like for older people and for carers, why it makes life happier and how those involved in residential or community care can make it work.

This is an updated guide to the range of drugs commonly unused in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing remains the most comprehensive treatise on the art and science of palliative care nursing available.

A handbook for acupuncturists and healthcare practitioners on the use of acupuncture for end-of-life care.

This book will be of tremendous use to all healthcare professionals from physicians to nurses to social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and chaplains.