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Palliative care : the 400-year quest for a good death / by Vanderpool, Harold Y.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of professional and personal advances in the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose"--Acknowledgments -- Preface -- From proclamation to recognition: 1605-1772 -- Minute details and codified conduct:1789-1825 -- That science called euthanasia:1826-1854 -- Polarities between attention and disregard: 1859-1894 -- Challenging the overreach of modern medicine: 1895-1935 -- Never say die versus care for the dying: 1935-1959 -- Times of momentous transition: 1960-1981 -- Progress, threatening seas, and endurance: 1982-1999 -- Choices: 2000 to the present -- Epilogue -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Palliative treatment.; Terminal care.; Right to die.; Palliative Care; History, Modern 1601-.; Right to Die; Terminal Care;
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Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life / by Matzo, Marianne,editor.; Sherman, Deborah Witt,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Understanding Palliative Care -- Caring for the whole Person and His or Her Family -- Physical Health: Threatening Diseases -- Physical Health: Symptom management.Palliative Care Nursing, Fifth Edition, delivers advanced empirical, aesthetic, ethical and personal knowledge. This new edition brings an increased focus on outcomes, benchmarking progress, and goals of care. It expounds upon the importance of the cross-disciplinary collaboration introduced in the previous edition. Every chapter in Sections I, II, and III includes content written by a non-nursing member of the interprofessional team. Based on best-evidence and clinical practice guidelines, this text presents comprehensive, targeted interventions responsive to the needs of palliative and hospice patients and family. Each chapter contains compassionate, timely, appropriate, and cost-effective care for diverse populations across the illness trajectory.
Subjects: Terminal care.; Palliative treatment.; Hospice nurses.; Terminal Care.; Critical Illness; Palliative Care.; Hospice Care;
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Palliative care nursing : caring for suffering patients / by Perrin, Kathleen Ouimet,author.; Sheehan, Caryn A.,author.; Potter, Mertie L.,author.; Kazanowski, Mary K.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Palliative Care and its Role in Suffering -- Suffering and Palliative Care Across the Continuum -- Ethical Responsibilities and Issues in Palliative Care -- Advance Care Planning Responsibilities -- Difficult Conversations -- Acute and Chronic Pain as Sources of Suffering -- Palliative Care for Patients with Serious Illness -- Suffering and Palliative Care at the End of Life -- Grieving and Suffering -- Spirituality -- The Search for Meaning in Suffering -- The Nurse as a Witness to Suffering -- The Role of Healing and Holistic Nursing -- Conveying Comfort -- Inspiring Hope."Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients explores the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various patient populations while providing guidance in alleviating suffering. In addition, it examines spiritual and ethical perspectives on suffering and discusses how witnessing suffering impacts nurses' ability to assume the professional role. Further, the authors discuss ways nurses as witnesses to suffering can optimize their own coping skills and facilitate personal growth. Rich in case studies, pictures, and reflections on nursing practice and life experiences, Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients delves into key topics such as how to identify when a patient is suffering, whether they are coping, sources of coping facades, what to do to ease suffering, and how to convey the extent of suffering to members of the health care team. Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various patient populations while providing guidance in alleviating suffering"--
Subjects: Palliative treatment.; Terminal care.; Nursing.; Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing; Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing; Terminal Care; Pain; Palliative Care;
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Hospice & palliative care handbook : quality, compliance, and reimbursement / by Marrelli, T. M.; Sigma Theta Tau International,issuing body.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Hospice Care: An Overview of Quality and Compassionate Care -- Documentation: An Important Driver for Care and Coverage -- Planning, Managing, and Coordinating Care -- Hospice Diagnoses and Guidelines for Care -- Hospice Conditions of Participation: Subpart B-Eligibility, Election, and Duration of Benefits -- Hospice Conditions of Participation: Subpart F-Covered Services -- State Hospice and Palliative Care Organizations."Hospice & Palliative Care Handbook, Third Edition, offers concise, focused coverage of all aspects of hospice and palliative care for clinicians, managers, and other team members who provide important care while meeting difficult multilevel regulations. Author Tina M. Marrelli, Director of the first U.S. hospice program to attain Joint Commission accreditation for hospice services, helps caregivers meet quality, coverage, and reimbursement requirements in daily practice and documentation. Filled with key topics such as professional standards and guidelines, bereavement services considerations, outcomes, goals, and quality control, this comprehensive book provides the tools hospice caregivers need for success."--Back cover.
Subjects: Hospice care; Palliative treatment; Medicine; Nursing; Hospice Care; Palliative Care; Quality Assurance, Health Care.;
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Palliative care nursing at a glance / by Ingleton, Christine,editor.; Larkin, Philip(Philip Joseph),editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Clinical applications -- Palliative care for all -- Professional roles in palliative care -- Ethical challenges in palliative care practice -- Managing end-of-life care.Palliative Care Nursing at a Glance is the perfect companion for nursing students, health and social care practitioners, and all those involved in palliative care delivery, both in the clinical and home setting. Written by an expert team of academics, nurses, educators and researchers it provides a concise and easy-to-read overview of all the concepts and clinical decision-making skills necessary for the provision of good-quality palliative and end-of-life care. Divided into six sections, the book includes coverage of all key clinical applications, principles of symptom management, palliative care approaches for a range of conditions and patient groups, exploration of the roles of the multi-professional team, as well as ethical challenges. -- from the publisher.
Subjects: Handbooks; Hospice care.; Palliative treatment.; Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing;
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Challenges and choices for patient, carer and professional at the end of life : living with uncertainty / by Proot, Catherine,author.; Yorke, Michael,1939-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The dying person and their loved ones -- Attitudes to death and dying -- The end of life: people's experiences -- Medicine and care at the end of life -- Medical intervention, a liver saver or a life changer? -- Euthanasia and assisted dying -- Person-centered care -- Conclusion -- Post-script: lessons from Covid-19."Living with Uncertainty gives a broad perspective on the complexities and challenges of the practice of end-of-life care, as well as the perceived benefits and limitations of medical intervention. Drawn from research and clinical and pastoral experience, the book examines the feelings associated with the end of life, highlighting the demands that people are faced with and their consequences. It moves into the difficult area of people who feel defeated by their illness and can or want to live no longer, as well as the family, caregivers and professionals who surround them. These perspectives have been built upon around a hundred narratives of lived experience, combined with the wider clinical and practical range of voices. A topical post-script Lessons from Covid-19 captures the choices and challenges on a personal, professional and systemic level which the pandemic acutely revealed with a multiplicity of examples. This will be essential reading for students and professionals in palliative and end-of-life care. Families and friends will also benefit from this book as they try to come to terms with the delicate but universal issues of death and dying."--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Terminal care.; Palliative treatment.; Terminally ill.; Hospice care.; Terminal Care; Hospice Care; Palliative Care; Terminally Ill;
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Life after the diagnosis : expert advice on living well with serious illness for patients and caregivers / by Pantilat, Steven.;
"In Life After the Diagnosis, Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, a renowned international expert in palliative care, shares innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness, outlines the steps that patients should take, and demystifies the medical system. He makes sense of what doctors say, what they actually mean, and how to get the best information to help make the best medical decisions. Dr. Pantilat covers everything from the first steps after the diagnosis and finding the right caregiving and support, to planning your future so your loved ones don't have to. He offers advice on how to tackle the most difficult treatment decisions and discussions and shows readers how to choose treatments that help more than they hurt, stay consistent with their values and personal goals, and live as well as possible for as long as possible, "--Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: First steps after the diagnosis -- Ba news, now what? -- Moving forward -- Making decisions: hidden factors -- Prognosis: what doctors say, what they mean, and what patients hear -- Part II: Moving on and getting through -- Managing your medical care -- Controlling symptoms: pain, shortness of breath, and nausea -- Hope and the mood roller coaster -- Caregivign and support -- The news goes from bad to worse -- Big concepts, words, and goals -- Part III: Looking ahead -- The gift: planning your future so your loved ones don't have to -- Palliative care: you may not know what it means, but you want it -- Hospice care -- Difficult treatment decisions and discussions -- The end: what is it like?
Subjects: Palliative treatment.; Terminal care.;
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Palliative & end-of-life care : clinical practice guidelines / by Kuebler, Kim K.; Heidrich, Debra E.; Esper, Peg.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Terminally ill.; Terminal care.; Nurse practitioners.;
© c2007., Saunders/Elsevier,
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Palliative and end of life care in nursing / by Nicol, Jane,editor.; Nyatanga, Brian,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-169) and index.With the number of people requiring palliative and end of life care steadily increasing, it is the responsibility of every nurse, regardless of specialism, to know how to provide high-quality care to this group of people. Yet caring for those nearing the end of life can throw up complex issues, including handling bereavement, cultural and ethical issues, delivering care in a wide variety of settings, symptom management and also ensuring your own emotional resilience. This book is specifically designed to equip nursing students and non-specialists with the essential knowledge required in relation to the care and management of people nearing the end of life. -- Provided by publisher.The idea of living, dying, life and death / Brian Nyatanga -- Communication in palliative and end of life care / Jean Fisher -- Exploring loss, grief and bereavement / Jane Nicol -- Understanding cultural issues in palliative and end of life care / Brian Nyatanga -- Rehabilitation in palliative and end of life care / Jane Nicol -- Ethical issues in palliatie and end of life care / Sherri Ogston-Tuck -- Palliative and end of life care in a critical care setting / Hazel Luckhurst and Chris Clarke -- Legal aspects of palliative and end of life care / Helen Taylor.
Subjects: Palliative treatment.; Terminal care.; Nursing.; Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing.; Palliative Care.; Terminal Care.;
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End-of-life nursing care : a guide for best practice / by De Souza, Joanna.; Pettifer, Annie.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.End-of-life care: a historical perspective -- Assessing holistic needs -- Responding to questions about the end of life -- Making difficult decisions using ethical and legal frameworks -- Calling in the palliative care team -- Managing physical symptoms -- Discharging patients approaching the end of life -- Knowing when a patient is in the last days of life -- Care after death -- Sudden or unexpected death -- Supporting family and friends -- Resolving my own feelings after a patient has died.This very accessible, straightforward book helps to allay those concerns and enables pre-registration students to prepare confidently for the challenges they will face when they are caring for dying patients and supporting their families. Each chapter is based on a different and realistic scenario - reflecting a range of circumstances - to demonstrate the essential generic knowledge and skills they need to develop, and draws out the important practical and theoretical issues students should consider and address if patients and their families are to receive the best possible care.--pub. desc.
Subjects: Terminal Care; Nursing Care; Palliative Care; Terminal care.; Palliative treatment.;
© 2013., Sage,
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