Published November, 2009
By D. Micah Hester
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death. D. Micah Hester argues that healthcare providers making end-of-life decisions ought to pay close attention to the narratives of patients and their communities so that their dying processes embody their life stories.

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Published November, 2009
By D. Micah Hester
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death. D. Micah Hester argues that healthcare providers making end-of-life decisions ought to pay close attention to the narratives of patients and their communities so that their dying processes embody their life stories.

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Published November, 2009
By Michael Wright, Ednin Hamzah, Temsak Phungrassami and Agnes Bausa-Claudio
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book provides a thorough evidence-base for palliative care provision in the countries of Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. It stimulates a more informed debate and discusses how to improve policy-making among intergovernmental and governmental organisations, generating intelligence on barriers to development and how to overcome them.

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Published November, 2009
By Barbara Monroe and Frances Kraus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Recent years have seen increasing interest in the needs of children facing bereavement, and a corresponding increase in services to support them. This book addresses and explains the theoretical concepts and practical implications behind the idea of brief work with bereaved children and families.

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Published November, 2009
By Philip Jevon and P Jevon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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This is a practical, accessible guide for nurses on the management and care of the dying and deceased patient. It outlines the practicalities and legal issues associated with death, the principles of caring for a patient who is dying, and the principles of dealing with death, both expected and unexpected.

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Published November, 2009
By Kenneth Goodman
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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The case of Terri Schiavo is a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. This volume assembles a team of first-hand participants and content experts. It is intended for students, health care professionals, policy makers and others in search of carefully reasoned analyses of the case that will shape end-of-life care for decades.

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Published October, 2009
By Sara Booth, Polly Edmonds and Margaret Kendall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Based on the extensive experience of three clinicians in the area, this book provides those setting up palliative care services in hospitals with practical guidance and down to earth advice on the range of problems they might encounter.

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Published October, 2009
By Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Drs Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy have completely revised and updated the widely respected Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management for the second edition of this unanimously praised book. This is a comprehensive, clinically oriented review of all aspects of the complex and multidimensional problem of cancer pain, including many new chapters.

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Published October, 2009
By Fiona Randall and Robin Downie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Developments are taking place in palliative care in which 'patient choice' has become a central idea, and patients have an enlarged idea of their best interests. This book creates debate among all those involved in care of the terminally ill, including specialists, policy makers, researchers and ethicists.

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Published September, 2009
By Rosalind Scott, Steven Howlett and Derek Doyle
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The book provides comprehensive, practical guidelines on the responsibilities of those who lead, co-ordinate and manage volunteers in small hospices, large specialist palliative care units, and in general hospitals with palliative care teams.

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