Published September, 2007
By David Oliviere and Barbara Monroe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Resilience is the capacity of people or social systems to achieve in the face of adversity. This book will help health and social care professionals understand and utilise the concept of resilience, in the context of palliative care.

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Published September, 2007
By Joanne Lynn, Janice Lynch Schuster, Anne Wilkinson, Lin Noyes Simon, Anne M. Wilkinson and Lin Simon
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published September, 2007
By Jennifer Barraclough
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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A practical, evidence-based guide to complementary cancer therapies with an emphasis on enhancing practice; that is, using the therapies alongside conventional medicine, rather than as alternatives to it.

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Published August, 2007
By Joseph M. Helms
Publisher: Thieme (Thieme Publishing Group)
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Designed to take a physician with no acupuncture experience through the history and science of acupuncture, and lead him through the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and treatments possible in this new discipline.

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Published July, 2007
By Lynne Halamish and Doron Hermoni
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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The Weeping Willow illustrates, through clinial case vignettes, an extremely practical approach to dealing with grief. It is designed for the general reader as well as the student and the professional, for the comforter and learner as well as the griever.

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Published June, 2007
By Eduardo D. Bruera, Sheila Payne, Eduardo Bruera, Julia M Addington-Hall and Irene J Higginson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The research base for palliative care must improve as it continues to develop in increasingly evidence-based health care systems, and to provide the needs of patients and families. This is the first research methods textbook focusing on the unique needs of palliative care, aimed at improving current research and stimulating new research in the field.

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Published May, 2007
By Jerry L. Old and Daniel L. Swagerty
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Contains the practical information health care professionals need to provide optimal end-of-life care. This book presents a multidimensional, holistic approach to assessment and management of the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the patient and family.

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Published March, 2007
By Joanne Lynn, Ekta Chaudhry, Janice Lynch Schuster, Lin Noyes Simon, Anne M. Wilkinson and Lin Simon
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Provides a "how-to" introduction to quality improvement in palliative care. Each chapter in this work features a case study that illustrates how successful quality improvement teams work; and also includes ideas for change that most groups can put into practice.

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Published March, 2007
By Penney Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The question of whether euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is often treated as a universal, ethical question, transcending national boundaries and diverse legal systems. This book examines the impact of the choice of diverse legal routes towards legalization on the subsequent assisted dying regimes in operation.

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Published February, 2007
By Bee Wee, Nic Hughes and Nick Hughes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Education is key to developing a strong base for the future of palliative care, and this book provides a wide-ranging, global view of palliative care education. It offers theoretical and practical insights, along with specific suggestions for developing knowledge and skills for teaching.

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