Palliative medicine

This book presents a timely and multidisciplinary update on the modalities currently available for treating the most feared symptom of patients diagnosed with cancer.

This book details the benefits of palliative care to improve the lives of patients with serious lung disease and their caregivers.

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.

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.

This important book fills a gap in the literature by focusing specifically on the role of interventional radiology in patients receiving palliative medicine and supportive care, a group in which the need for minimally invasive therapy is especially high.

The new global cancer data suggests that the global burden has risen to 18.

Rooted in everyday hospital medicine, Palliative Skills for Frontline Clinicians addresses the challenges of delivering complex care to patients living with serious illnesses.

This volume is a practical resource for all those responsible for caring for older people across health and social care.

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

This unique book is a first-of-its-kind resource that comprehensively covers each facet and challenge of providing optimal perinatal palliative care.

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 manual enables individuals working in children's palliative care (CPC) globally to learn through engaging real-world cases.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to non-invasive mechanical ventilation in palliative medicine, focusing on why and when it may be necessary.

This book provides an unique resource for registered nurses working in hospice palliative care at home and for the community, outside of acute care settings and also incorporates literature related to palliative care in acute health care settings, as part of the overall services and supports required.

This volume is a practical resource for all those responsible for caring for older people across health and social care.

Hypnosystemische Therapie, Beratung, Supervision, Coaching - interessante einführende Artikel und Erfahrungsberichte von Experten zum Thema Konzepte und Methoden aus dem Bereich hypnotherapeutischer und systemischer Methoden.

This book discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint.

This unique book is a first-of-its-kind resource that comprehensively covers each facet and challenge of providing optimal perinatal palliative care.

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 discusses medicine from an ethical perspective, whereas books on medical ethics more commonly present ethics from a bio-medical standpoint.

Das interdisziplinär angelegte Praxishandbuch zur palliativen Versorgung von Menschen mit neurologischen Erkrankungenbietet eine personzentrierte und ressourcenorientierte Perspektive auf die Patient*innen und zielt darauf, deren Lebensqualität und -sinn am Ende des Lebens zu fördern und zu erhaltenerläutert das Grundverständnis der Palliative Care im Kontext der Versorgung neurologischer Patient*innenbeschreibt, wie Symptome neurologisch beeinträchtigter Menschen systematisch erfasst und spezifisch behandelt werden könnenzeigt, wie die Teammitglieder mit kommunikationsbeeinträchtigten, verwirrten und bewusstseinsgestörten Menschen kommunizieren könnenstellt konkrete Behandlungsmöglichkeiten bei Agitation, Delir, Fatigue, Muskeltonuserhöhung, gastrointestinalen und pulmonalen Symptomen sowie Schmerzen und Schlafstörungen vorzeigt neuro-palliative Besonderheiten von Erkrankungen der Muskulatur und des peripheren Nervensystems sowie von ALS, Demenz, MS, Muskelerkrankungen, Parkinson, Schlaganfall und (wach-)komatösen Zuständen aufbeschreibt ethisch schwierige Entscheidungssituationen und zeigt Möglichkeiten, um diese zu analysieren und einvernehmlich zu lösenstellt mit zahlreichen Fallbeispielen enge Bezüge zur Praxis her.

Ce livre propose une enquête philosophique explorant le rapport à la mort dans nos sociétés.

Un patient atteint d’une maladie incurable terminale demande à mourir dans la dignité.

"e;Children's palliative care is an evolving specialty and as such our knowledge base cannot remain static.

This is the only handbook for hospice and palliative care professionals looking to enhance their care delivery or their programs with LGBTQ-inclusive care.

This handbook is an essential guide to caring for the community palliative care patient in relation to COVID-19, when the patient's preferred place of care is at home or the hospice.

This book is a successor to J Griffiths, A Bood and H Weyers, Euthanasia and Law in the Netherlands (Amsterdam University Press 1998) which was widely praised for its thoroughness, clarity, and accuracy.

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

This essential guide encompasses over 160 pivotal papers critical for doctors preparing for postgraduate exams in intensive care, interviews, or commencing an intensive care rotation.

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?

The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears.

Care home workers increasingly work with people nearing the end of their lives, including people with medically complex conditions.

PRACTICAL EMPOWERMENTNAVIGATE CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTYThis book offers approaches from professionals working with the mind-body connection to reduce stress and anxiety, build motivation and enable individuals to understand and respond to their needs.

Conventional coping strategies can be pushed to their limits when people find themselves in situations of suffering, illness, and dying.

This book addresses the psychological, behavioural, emotional, and social issues that arise for cancer patients and their loved ones.

Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns.

Das interdisziplinär angelegte Praxishandbuch zur palliativen Versorgung von Menschen mit neurologischen Erkrankungenbietet eine personzentrierte und ressourcenorientierte Perspektive auf die Patient*innen und zielt darauf, deren Lebensqualität und -sinn am Ende des Lebens zu fördern und zu erhaltenerläutert das Grundverständnis der Palliative Care im Kontext der Versorgung neurologischer Patient*innenbeschreibt, wie Symptome neurologisch beeinträchtigter Menschen systematisch erfasst und spezifisch behandelt werden könnenzeigt, wie die Teammitglieder mit kommunikationsbeeinträchtigten, verwirrten und bewusstseinsgestörten Menschen kommunizieren könnenstellt konkrete Behandlungsmöglichkeiten bei Agitation, Delir, Fatigue, Muskeltonuserhöhung, gastrointestinalen und pulmonalen Symptomen sowie Schmerzen und Schlafstörungen vorzeigt neuro-palliative Besonderheiten von Erkrankungen der Muskulatur und des peripheren Nervensystems sowie von ALS, Demenz, MS, Muskelerkrankungen, Parkinson, Schlaganfall und (wach-)komatösen Zuständen aufbeschreibt ethisch schwierige Entscheidungssituationen und zeigt Möglichkeiten, um diese zu analysieren und einvernehmlich zu lösenstellt mit zahlreichen Fallbeispielen enge Bezüge zur Praxis her.

In recent years, palliative care has emerged as the leading model of person-centered care focused on preserving quality of life and alleviating distress for people and families experiencing serious and life-limiting medical illness.

This book isn't about dying.

This book examines the policies, challenges, and quality of life issues in palliative care and nursing home care facilities.

Whether you're coping with a loved one who has received a terminal diagnosis, has a long-term illness or disability, or suffers with dementia, caregiving is challenging and crucial.

The incidence of cancer is alarmingly increasing worldwide.

The incidence of cancer is alarmingly increasing worldwide.

A great number of cancer patients will suffer some form of social, emotional or psychological distress and challenges as a result of the disease and its treatment.

After receiving the bad news of terminal illness, many told the author the first thought they had was What do we do now?

Many times you will hear people say that they dont fear death but they do fear what they may have to endure before they reach that final passage.

This book details the benefits of palliative care to improve the lives of patients with serious lung disease and their caregivers.

This ';comfortingthoughtful' (The Washington Post) guide to maintaining a high quality of lifefrom resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breathby the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door is a ';roadmap to the end that combines medical, practical, and spiritual guidance' (The Boston Globe).