Palliative medicine

Drawing from his extensive clinical experience and many years of teaching, Dr.

Anne s contribution to our understanding of the needs of young people with cancer has been unparalleled and without her extraordinary insights our services would be that much poorer.

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

Spirituality and Coping with Loss: End of Life Healthcare Practice describes a research study that reflects nurses' experience of the nature of loss encountered in end of life care settings as well as the ways in which spirituality is a resource in coping in these situations.

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

Patient-centered care for chronic illness is founded upon the informed and activated patient, but we are not clear what this means.

Cancer and Creativity is a dialogue between accounts by cancer patients and survivors and a more clinical consideration and theoretical discussion from a psychoanalytic point of view of using creativity in coping with serious illness.

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

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.

Fear and Primordial Trust explores fear as an existential phenomenon and how it can be overcome.

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

This book provides detailed analysis of the manifold ways in which COVID-19 has influenced death, dying and bereavement.

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

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

Music at the Edge invites the reader to experience a complete music therapy journey through the words and music of the client, and the therapist's reflections.

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.

This book explores the Care Trust concept promoted by central government for improving partnership working between health and social care.

All physicians are involved in the management of pain at some level or the other, but of the various specialties and health professions, orthopedic surgeons are at the frontline of delivering perioperative pain care for a wide variety of problems that range from skeletal trauma, joint replacement procedures, bone tumors and spinal conditions.

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.

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

Good counselling skills are often not taught to the professionals who need them most.

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.

Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease.

Once it was difficult to see end of life care beyond conventional medical intervention, but hospice and palliative care introduced a more holistic approach, providing quality of life for the dying and their families.

Grief is a very individual experience and it can impact all aspects of a person's life.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the social and technological context from which eHealth applications have arisen, the psychological principles on which they are based, and the key development and evaluation issues relevant to their successful intervention.

50 Studies Every Internist Should Know presents key studies that shape today's practice of internal medicine.

This brand new edition pulls together the most up-to-date information on this complex, multidisciplinary area in a practical, user-friendly manner.

Enter the world of organ transplantation and develop a new understanding of processes and techniques for working effectively with patients in this increasing medical population.

Now in paperback, the Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care integrates clinical wisdom with empirical findings.

Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end of life for older adults.

Belonging After Brain Injury: Relocating Dan explores the life of the author's brother who has dealt with the effects of a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) for over four decades.

The Textbook of Palliative Care Communication is the authoritative text on communication in palliative care, providing a compilation of international and interdisciplinary perspectives.

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

Patient-centered care for chronic illness is founded upon the informed and activated patient, but we are not clear what this means.

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

Death studies have, over the last twenty years, witnessed a flourishing of research and scholarship particularly in areas such as dying and bereavement, cultural practices and fear of dying.

Is there a place for palliative care within mental health?

The fifth edition of this concise reference provides trainee anaesthetists with a clear, accessible introduction to the practice, split into four key areas.

This handbook offers a practical, thorough approach to the clinical practice of palliative care.

Society has become increasingly diverse; multi-cultural, multi-faith and wide ranging in family structures.

Music at the Edge invites the reader to experience a complete music therapy journey through the words and music of the client, and the therapist's reflections.

Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end of life for older adults.

Through Social Work Practice in Home Health Care, social workers will discover a unique "e;how-to"e; approach to social work practice in home health care agencies.

Death is inevitable, dying badly is not.

Palliative care has become increasingly important across the spectrum of healthcare, and with it, the need for education and training of a broad range of medical practitioners not previously associated with this field of care.

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

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

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.

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