Published March, 2018
By Lesley K. Bowker, James D. Price, Ku S. Shah, Sarah C. Smith and Kunal S. Shah
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Medical Handbooks
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The Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine provides user-friendly advice in a field that has limited evidence, yet makes up a substantial proportion of the work of most clinicians.

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Published February, 2018
By Francesco Pagnini and Zachary Simmons
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book will provide clinicians with a comprehensive description of the psychological aspects of ALS and their management, and incorporates chapters written by recognized scholars in their respective fields.

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Published February, 2018
By Heather Richardson and Gillian Chowns
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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This book describes the practice of social work in supporting people at the end of life; it considers the nature and experience of living and dying in contemporary society; and it asks how social workers can best support people who are dying or bereaved.

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Published February, 2018
By Jane Marie Kirschling
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Published January, 2018
By Francis K. O. Yuen, Grahame K. Simpson, Francis K. Yuen and Francis Yuen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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This book addresses the diversity of domains within which social workers practice in the field of acquired brain injury. It highlights the valuable role of social work and adds to the knowledge base informing evidence-informed practice within the field. It was published as a special issue of Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation.

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Published November, 2017
By Keri Thomas, Ben Lobo and Karen Detering
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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ACP is an essential part of end of life care with patients improving their chances of 'a good death' by creating plans with their families and carers. This new edition gives a comprehensive overview of ACP, explores a wide range of issues and practicalities in providing end of life care, and offers a worldwide perspective.

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Published September, 2017
By Veronica M. F. Adamson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Structured around a personal account of the illness and death of Adamson's partner, Jane, this book explores how something hard to bear became a threshold to a world of insight and discovery. It looks at the notion of life as binary synthesis as a way of coming to understand death.

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Published September, 2017
By Veronica M. F. Adamson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Structured around a personal account of the illness and death of Adamson's partner, Jane, this book explores how something hard to bear became a threshold to a world of insight and discovery. It looks at the notion of life as binary synthesis as a way of coming to understand death.

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Published August, 2017
By Carol Cox, Maya Zumstein-Shaha and Carol L. Cox
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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This book provides healthcare professionals with a practice theory for the care and management of patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. Developing an original theory of 'The Omnipresence of Cancer', it explores patients' feelings and experiences, their coping strategies and how healthcare professionals can assist.

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Published July, 2017
By Janet Dunphy and Mary Kiely
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press)
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This book examines the fine art of communication - the pivotal aspect of being a palliative care expert that is so difficult to quantify and teach. It presents the unemotional, clear and accurate advice necessary for communicating with patients in a palliative care setting.

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