Published March, 2011
By Irene Renzenbrink
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This unique collection of international perspectives on the complexities and management of caregiver stress and staff support extends the firm foundation Mary Vachon built over twenty years ago in her studies, and broadens the scope to include significant social, political and cultural variations on the theme.

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Published March, 2011
By Steve Conway
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Political, economic, social, cultural and technological changes have led to profound transformations in the ways that death and loss are perceived and managed in contemporary society. The issues raised by these proposed changes are thoroughly examined in this book, with the resulting theories and good practice discussed in full.

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Published March, 2011
By Joanne Wolfe, Pamela Hinds, Barbara Sourkes, Pamela S. Hinds and Barbara M. Sourkes
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
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Intends to inform interdisciplinary teams about palliative care of children with life-threatening illness. This title addresses domains such as language and communication, symptoms and quality of life, and the spectrum of life-threatening illnesses. It shows how a collaborative, interdisciplinary care strategy benefits patients and their families.

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Published March, 2011
By R. M. Stern, Kenneth L. Koch and Paul Andrews
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published February, 2011
By Julian Hughes and Julian C. Hughes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Dementia affects millions of people throughout the world. Thinking through Dementia offers a critique of the main models used to understand dementia-the biomedical, neuropsychological, and social constructionist. It discusses clinical issues and cases, together with philosophical work that might help us to better understand and treat this illness.

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Published February, 2011
By Barry Kinzbrunner, Joel Policzer, Barry M. Kinzbrunner and Joel S. Policzer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (McGraw-Hill Medical)
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The most practical book available for caring for the needs of dying patients and their families

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Published February, 2011
By Sara Booth, Helen E. Davies and Anna Spathis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care
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The third book in the palliative care strand of the Oxford Specialist Handbooks demonstrates how palliative medicine and respiratory medicine physicians can combine their expertise to offer the best possible quality of care for patients dying from advanced respiratory disease.

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Published January, 2011
By Augusto Caraceni and Luigi Grassi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This volume provides palliative care physicians, specialist nurses, neurologists, psychiatrists, and other health professionals with a clear account of how to recognise and treat delirium, the most common neuro-psychiatric complication encountered by patients in the terminal phase of illness.

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Published December, 2010
By Susan Folkman and Peter E. Nathan
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Library of Psychology
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Published December, 2010
By Keri Thomas and Ben Lobo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This is the first UK-based guide to Advance Care Planning, and provides practical advice on how this can be implemented by all professionals involved in end of life care, including GPs and specialists outside palliative care who are increasingly treating patients at the end of life.

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