Published July, 2009
By Justin Amery
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The unique needs of dying children are particularly evident in Africa, where the scale of the problem is enormous. This book provides practical and realistic guidance for health care professionals on how to deliver good quality palliative care in this difficult environment, despite the significant challenges it presents.

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Published April, 2009
By Elaine Stevens, Susan Jackson, Stuart Milligan and E Stevens
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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Palliative Nursing is an evidence-based practical guide for nurses working in areas of practice where general palliative care is provided. This may be in hospitals, nursing homes, dementia units, the community and any other clinical areas which are not classified as specialist palliative care.

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Published April, 2009
By Harvey Max Chochinov, William Breitbart and Harvey M. Chochinov
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Written by internationally known psychiatry and palliative care experts, the Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine addresses the psychological and spiritual challenges faced by patients and their families. This edition is an essential reference for all providers of palliative care.

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Published April, 2009
By Yasmin Gunaratnam and David Oliviere
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Patients' stories have long been used in palliative care to make sense of experiences of illness and care. This book examines the uses and interpretations of narratives and stories, bringing theory and practice closer together, and looking at how these methods can be worked with in ways that are rigorous, productive, ethical, and caring.

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Published March, 2009
By Anthony Back, Robert Arnold and James Tulsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Topics include delivering bad news, transition to palliative care, discussing goals of advance-care planning and do-not-resuscitate orders, existential and spiritual issues, family conferences, medical futility, and other end of life conflicts.

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Published January, 2009
By Maria Adele Giamberardino and Maria Adele Giamberadino
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This concise pocketbook addresses the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of visceral pain, and provides practical information for the consultation and treatment.

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Published December, 2008
By Simon I R Noble, Miriam J Johnson, Agnes Y Y Lee, Agnes Lee and Simon I.R Noble
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book provides an evidence-based, clinical guide to treating venous thromboembolism in palliative care, highlighting the uncertainties faced by clinicians when confronted with this common but complex issue, and dealing with both cancer and non-malignant diseases.

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Published December, 2008
By Ann Armstrong-Dailey and Sarah Zarbock
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published October, 2008
By Sheila Payne and Peter Hudson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Family carers often play a major role in the care of their dying relative and are prone to negative physical, social, financial and psychological outcomes. It is essential that palliative care professionals can provide care to the relative as well as the patient, and this book offers a practical guide to family carer assessment and support.

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Published October, 2008
By R. Bawn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell)
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Decisions regarding treatment and the how, when and where to die are typically made during the palliative care phase of the patients illness. This is a sensitive and crucial phase of the patient's life with a number of issues still posing great challenges and legal aspects playing a very important role.

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