This second edition builds on the phenomenal success of the first edition. Student nurses are intimately involved in caring for the dying and bereaved. This book takes a sensitive and supportive approach to the key themes of palliative care nursing. It provides the reader with a concise and easy to read yet practical text that will give direction to the challenges faced in this most important ...

A collection of passages concerning death and dying, and to consider the essential nature of general practice. This book is useful to doctors, especially those with an interest in medical humanities. It is also useful to general readers interested in end of life matters, and the nature and art of medicine.

Good counselling skills are often not taught to the professionals who need them most. Compassionate and tactful communication skills can make the difference between an awkward encounter with a dying patient, and an engaging, empathic bond between two people. This book tells how to use counselling skills for clinical disciplines.

Accompanied by a DVD which contains filmed scenes illustrating a range of challenging dialogues between health workers and a patient and his family through the journey of his terminal illness, this title features booklet that highlights communication issues with suggested exercises, reflection points and advice.

Providing an in-depth look at the issues surrounding the palliative care of children, this innovative text considers both malignant and non-malignant cases, and the specialist treatment required. The interdisplinary contributor team spans both education and practice, and chapters contain features by non-medical personnel.

Offers advice for nurses in various specialties and setting providing end-of-life care. Here, nurses learn how to address patients' spiritual concerns, ensure that physical needs are met, help them maintain their dignity, and provide emotional support to grieving families. It also covers stages of dying, pain control, and alternative therapies.

An authoritative yet concise guide to the provision of palliative care. This book has now been thoroughly revised and reorganized throughout to reflect the changes in this rapidly moving field.

Presents the Namaste Care program that helps facilities provide gentle end-of-life care, especially for residents with advanced dementia. Because of their profound losses, these individuals are often isolated with limited human contact during the final stages of their lives. This program promotes peaceful end-of-life experiences for older adults.

Reflects the policy and developments in the field of palliative care. This book explores the way in which a dying person may wish to cope with his/her death, helping the healthcare professional to understand the patient and therefore produce better quality of care.

Describes the different types of palliative care models currently used and evaluates their efficacy and cost-effectiveness. The most prevalent symptoms encountered are highlighted as well as the assessment and management of these symptoms, and the instruments used to measure quality of life.

When dealing with a severe life limiting illness, both carers and professionals often report that dealing with the psychosocial symptoms is harder than actual physical symptoms. This book offers practical advice on how to elicit and manage the concerns and distress of the patient.

Even for experienced healthcare professionals, managing the last few days of life are very difficult. This book is an edited guide based on an 'Integrated Care Pathway'. A Pathway specifies an agreed model of best care and also facilitates audit, by suggesting how quality of life outcomes can be measured.

This volume critically explores and analyses the themes and pragmatics of advancing nursing practice in relation to cancer and palliative care. Each chapter considers key elements of advanced practice in terms of conceptual, practical and organizational themes.

A comprehensive, multimedia course giving an overview of the subject of end of life care. It enables you to recognise major physiologic changes at the end of life related to the cardiovascular system, identify major physiologic changes at the end of life related to the gastrointestinal system, and more.

Family carers often play a major role in the care of their dying relative and are prone to negative physical, social, financial and psychological outcomes. It is essential that palliative care professionals can provide care to the relative as well as the patient, and this book offers a practical guide to family carer assessment and support.

Gives an overview of the subject of end of life care. This course aims to help the readers to describe the team approach to end-of-life care, discuss the role of hospitalists in end-of-life care for the hospitalised patient, summarise the goals and services of hospice, define and discuss palliative care, and more.

Suitable for clinical staff in a healthcare facility, this manual enables you to list JCAHO standards and requirements for infection control, illustrate JCAHO's primary focus areas of surveillance, prevention, and control, describe personnel issues in infection control, demonstrate detailed prevention procedures, and more.

Understanding the psychological, social, and spiritual needs at the end of life is crucial for health care providers. This title intends to give an overview of end-of-life care, with an emphasis on the team approach to care; providing compassionate hospice and palliative care; understanding ethical issues; and, addressing cultural considerations.

This study explores the needs of the relatives of terminally ill patients and the concerns of nurses who provide care in the hospital. The research data is used to design, implement and evaluate clinical standards for improved family support.