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- Advice for future corpses * and those who love them : a practical perspective on death and dying / by Tisdale, Sallie.;
- The dangerous situation -- Resistance -- A good death -- Communication -- Last months -- Where? -- Last weeks -- Last days -- That moment -- Bodies -- Grieving -- Joy.Includes bibliographical references.From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads the reader through the peaks and troughs of death with a calm, wise, and humorous hand. Advice for Future Corpses is more than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible: it is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world.
- Subjects: Death.; Terminal care.;
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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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- Caring for the dying : the doula approach to a meaningful death / by Fersko-Weiss, Henry.;
- A tale of two deaths -- The end-of-life doula approach -- Death mythology -- Truth telling at end of life -- Deep active listening -- Life review and the search for meaning -- Creating legacy projects -- Planning for the final days -- Guided imagery -- Ritual -- The vigil -- Reprocessing and grief.Caring for the Dying describes a whole new way to approach death and dying. It explores how the dying and their families can bring deep meaning and great comfort to the care given at the end of a life. Created by Henry Fersko-Weiss, the end-of-life doula model is adapted from the work of birth doulas and helps the dying to find meaning in their life, express that meaning in powerful and beautiful legacies, and plan for the final days. The approach calls for around-the-clock vigil care, so the dying person and their family have the emotional and spiritual support they need along with guidance on signs and symptoms of dying. It also covers the work of reprocessing a death with the family afterward and the early work of grieving. Emphasis is placed on the space around the dying person and encourages the use of touch, guided imagery, and ritual during the dying process. Throughout the book Fersko-Weiss tells amazing and encouraging stories of the people he has cared for, as well as stories that come from doulas he has trained and worked with over the years. What is unique about this book is the well-conceived and thorough approach it describes to working skillfully with the dying. The guidance provided can help a dying person, their family, and caregivers to transform the dying experience from one of fear and despair into one that is uplifting and even life affirming. You will see death in a new light and gain a different perspective on how to help the dying. It may even change the way you live your life right now. -- Amazon.com.
- Subjects: Terminal care.; Terminally ill; Doulas.; Terminally Ill;
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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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- To comfort always : a nurse's guide to end-of-life care / by Norlander, Linda,1949-; Sigma Theta Tau International,issuing body.;
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects: Terminal care.; Nursing.; Geriatric nursing.; Terminal Care.; Nursing Care.; Advance Care Planning.;
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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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- 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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- 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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- Oxford textbook of palliative nursing / by Ferrell, Betty,editor.; Paice, Judith A.,editor.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Section I. General principles. Introduction to palliative care / Betty Rolling Ferrell -- National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care : assuring quality palliative care through Clinical Practice Guidelines / Constance M. Dahlin -- Hospital-based palliative care / Patricia Maani-Fogelman -- Principles of patient and family assessment / John D. Chovan -- Communication in palliative care : an essential competency for nurses / Constance M. Dahlin and Elaine Wittenberg -- Advance care planning / Shigeko Izumi -- Section II. Symptom assessment and management. Interdisciplinary palliative care teams : specialists in delivering palliative care / Polly Mazanec, Rebekah Reimer, Jessica Bullington, Patrick J. Coyne, Herman Harris, II, Mary Catherine Dubois, Catherine Rogers, and Jennifer Aron -- Pain assessment / Regina M. Fink, Rose A. Gates, and Kate D. Jeffers -- Pain management / Judith A. Paice -- Fatigue / Edith O'Neil-Page, Grace E. Dean, and Paula R. Anderson -- Anorexia and cachexia / Elizabeth E. Schack and Dorothy Wholihan -- Nausea and vomiting / David Collett and Kimberly Chow -- Dysphagia, hiccups, and other oral symptoms / Rachel Klinedinst, Audrey Kurash Cohen, and Constance M. Dahlin -- Bowel management : constipation, obstruction, diarrhea, and ascites / Stefanie N. Mooney, Purvi Patel, and Sorin Buga -- Medically administered nutrition and hydration / Katy M. Lanz, Michelle S. Gabriel, and Jennifer A. Tschanz -- Dyspnea, cough, and terminal secretions / DorAnne Donesky -- Bladder management in palliative care / Naomi Farrington and Catherine Murphy -- Lymphedema management / Mei R. Fu, Bonnie B. Lasinski, Janet H. Van Cleave, and Charles P. Tilley -- Palliative wound, ostomy, and continence care / Charles Pl. Tilley, Mei R. Fu, and Jana M. Lipson -- Pruritus, fever, and sweats / Angel Smothers -- Neurological disorders / Margaret A. Schwartz -- Anxiety and depression / Jaroslava Salman, Emma Wolfe, and Sunita K. Patel -- Delirium, confusion, and agitation / Wendy Goldberg, Greg Mahr, Amy M. Williams, and Michael Ryan -- Insomnia / Karla Schroeder -- Sexuality and intimacy in serious illness and at the end of life / Quinten Robertson and Kelli Gershon -- Sedation for refractory symptoms / Chandana Banerjee and Bonnie Freeman -- Complementary and integrative therapies in palliative care / Mary-Anne Meyer and Melinda Ring -- Withdrawal of invasive mechanical ventilation / Margaret K. Campbell --Section III. Psychosocial and spiritual support. The meaning of hope in the dying / Valerie T. Cotter and Anessa M. Foxwell -- Bereavement / Inge B. Corless and Janice Bell Meisenhelder -- Supporting families and family caregivers in palliative care / Kelli I. Stajduhar and J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom -- Planning for the actual death / Patricia Berry and Julie Griffie -- Spiritual screening, history, and assessment / Elizabeth Johnston Taylor -- Spiritual care intervention / William Rosa -- Meaning in illness / Tami Borneman and Katherine Brown-Saltzman -- Section IV. Special patient populations. Cultural considerations in palliative care / Carrie Cormack, Polly Mazanec, and Joan T. Panke -- Older adult patients in the community / Carol O. Long -- Poor, homeless and underserved populations / Caroline Olney, Sarah Stroe, and Anne Hughes -- Palliative care for patients with mental illness / John D. Chovan and Betty D. Morgan -- Palliative care for people living with HIV / Jacquelyn Slomka -- Caring for the patient with substance use disorder at the end of life / Peggy Compton, Yu-Ping Chang, and Salimah Meghani -- Cancer survivorship / Anne Reb and Denice Economou -- Veterans / Deborah Grassman -- Organ donation / Lissi Hansen and Luren F. Dunn -- Pulmonary palliative care / Patricia A. Maani-Fogelman and Ruby A. Weller -- Palliative care in heart failure / J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, Rachel Wells, and Keith M. Swetz -- Section V. End-of-life care across settings. Improving the quality of care across all settings / Marilyn Bookbinder, Romina Arceo, and James T. McDaniel -- Long-term care : focus on nursing homes / Joan Carpenter and Mary Ersek -- Palliative care in the community / Nancy Robertson and Barbara Sutton -- The intensive care unit / Jennifer K. McAdam and Céline Gélinas -- Palliative care nursing in the outpatient setting / Pamela Stetzlein Davies and Kathleen Broglio -- Palliative care in the emergency department / Rebecca Wright and Benjamin Roberts -- The role of nursing in caring for patients receiving palliative surgery or chemotherapy / Virginia Sun, Tami Tittelfitz, and Marjorie J. Hein -- Rural palliative care / Richard A. Taylor, J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, Erin R. Currie, Macy Stockdill, and Marie A. Bakitas -- The role of PT, OT, and other therapies in palliative care for seriously ill patients / Dennis Lin, Megan Borjan, Seanell D. San Andres, and Christina Kelly -- Value-based care / Finly Zachariah and William Dale --Section VI. Pediatric palliative care. Symptom management in pediatric palliative care / Joan "Jody" Chrastek and Camara van Breemen -- Pediatric hospice and palliative care / Vanessa Battista and Gwenn LaRagione -- Pediatric goals of care : leading through uncertainty / Christina McDaniel and Jordan M. Desai -- End-of-life decision-making in pediatric oncology / Deborah A. Lafond and Katherine Patterson Kelly -- Palliative care in the perinatal setting : neonatal intensive care unit, labor and delivery unit / Cheryl Ann Thaxton, Diana Jacobson, Heather Murphy, and Tracey Whitley -- Grief and bereavement in perinatal and pediatric palliative care / Rana Limbo, Kathie Kobler, and Betty Davies -- Pediatric pain : knowing the chilld before you / Juliana H. O'Brien and Maggie C. Root -- Supporting adolescents with a parent in hospice / Denice Sheehan, Pamela Stephenson, M. Murray Mayo, Diane Snyder Cowan, and Dana Hansen -- Use of social media as a communication tool for people with serious illness and their families / Dana Hansen, Amy Petrinec, and Nidal Harb -- Access to pediatric hospice and palliative care / Lisa C. Lindley and Jessica Keim-Malpass -- Section VII. Special issues for the nurse in end-of-life care. The advanced practice registered nurse / Clareen Wiencek and Alexander Wolf -- Self-care / Kathy G. Kravits -- Ethical considerations in palliative care / Mary Jo Prince-Paul and Barbara J. Daly -- Palliative care and requests for assistance in dying / Carey T. Ramirez Kathleen Fundalinski, Judy Knudson, and John Himberger -- Nursing education / Pam Malloy and Andra Davis -- Nursing research / Terrah Foster Akard, Karen Hyden, and Mary Jo Gilmer -- Advocacy in palliative nursing : a conceptual model / Nessa Coyle and Timothy W. Kirk -- Global palliative care / Virginia LeBaron and Annette Galassi -- The ethos of palliative nursing / Mark Lazenby and Michael Anthony Moore.The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing is a comprehensive textbook on the art and science of palliative care nursing. Including new chapters on advance care planning, organ donation, self-care, global palliative care, and the ethos of palliative nursing, each chapter is rich with tables and figures, case examples for improved learning, and a strong evidence-based practice to support the highest quality of care. The book offers a valuable and practical resource for students and clinicians across all settings of care. Developed with the intention of emphasizing the need to extend palliative care beyond the specialty to be integrated in all settings and by all clinicians caring for the seriously ill, this new edition will continue to serve as the cornerstone of palliative care education. The content is relevant for specialty hospice agencies and palliative care programs, as well as generalist knowledge for schools of nursing, oncology, critical care, and pediatric.
- Subjects: Terminal care.; Palliative treatment.; Nursing.; Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing; Palliative Care.; 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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