Tag: palliative care

Palliative Care in Nursing and Healthcare

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Author: Brown M
Pages: 192p.
Format: EPUB
Publisher: Sage, (21 Dec. 2015)
eISBN-13: 978-1446295694

This book helps nursing and healthcare students to prepare for the challenges of working with the increasing number of patients requiring palliative care, so that they can work in partnership with patients and their carers, providing care that is compassionate, practical and backed up by the latest evidence. Delivering palliative care can be emotionally challenging and the book focuses on supporting healthcare staff, allowing them to provide the care that is needed.

Patient-Centred Ethics and Communication at the End of Life

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Author: Jeffrey D
Pages: 144p.
Format: EPUB
Publisher: CRC Press, (1 Dec. 2005)
eISBN-13: 978-1857756210

This book provides the best information available on the ways priorities are currently set for health care around the world. It describes the methods now used in the six countries leading the process, and contrasts the differences between them. It shows how, except in the UK, frameworks have now been developed to set priorities. Making Choices for Health Care sets forth the key issues that need to be tackled in the years ahead. Descriptions of the leading trends are accompanied by suggestions to resolve outstanding difficulties. Topics include: the need for national research and development funding for new treatments, ways to shift resources permanently towards prevention and chronic care, and how DALYs may replace QALYs. While the concepts and values underlying priority setting have been discussed elsewhere, Making Choices for Health Care highlights real current practice. It is a vital tool for policy-makers, health care managers, clinicians, patient organizations, academics, and executives in pharmaceutical and medical supply industries.

Dying Well: A guide to enabling a good death, 2nd ed.

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Author: Neuberger J
Pages: 194p.
Format: Epub
Publisher: CRC Press, 2016
eISBN-13: 978-1-85775-940-2

An introduction to the history of ideas about death. Grief – reactions normal and abnormal. The role of helpers. The best that we can do. Religious beliefs and customs. How can we make dying better for people? The good death.

Bereavement Care for Childbearing Women and their Families

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Author: Caroline Hollins Martin And Eleanor Forrest. Pages: 169 Size: 4.11 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Routledge Ltd
Published: 24 July, 2013
eISBN-13: 9780203366967

For many bereaved parents, the care provided by health professionals at birth – from midwives to antenatal teachers – has a crucial effect on their response to a loss or death. This interactive workbook is clearly applied to practice and has been designed to help practitioners deliver effective bereavement care. Providing care to grieving parents can be demanding, difficult and stressful, with many feeling ill equipped to provide appropriate help. Equipping the reader with fundamental skills to support childbearing women, partners and families who have experienced childbirth-related bereavement, this book outlines:

  • What bereavement is and the ways in which it can be experienced in relation to pregnancy and birth
  • Sensitive and supportive ways of delivering bad news to childbearing women, partners and families
  • Models of grieving
  • How to identify when a bereaved parent may require additional support from mental health experts
  • Ongoing support available for bereaved women, their partners and families
  • The impact on practitioners and the support they may require
  • How to assess and tailor care to accommodate a range of spiritual and religious beliefs about death.

Staff Nurse Survival Guide: Essential Questions and Answers for the Practicing Staff Nurse

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Author: Edited By John Fowler. Pages: 233 Size: 2.1 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Andrews UK Ltd
Published: 12 July, 2012
eISBN-13: 9781856425018

Consisting of over 80 questions and answers from 19 different specialists, the 2nd edition of the “Staff Nurse Survival Guide” covers all the common situations that a newly qualified nurse might encounter. This second edition adopts the same easy to read question and answer format that made the first edition so successful with student nurses, qualified nurses and healthcare assistants. This handy reference guide contains ideas, principles and guidelines for a number of common and sometimes unexpected situations that newly qualified nurses are likely to encounter. Designed to be a quick reference for everyday use, this book provides readers with key information to tackle daily tasks at work with confidence. The new edition covers topics such as: dealing with complaints, mental health, clinical supervision, aggression, bereavement, central venous pressure monitoring, mentoring a student and much more. The questions are divided into five chapters: dealing with the unexpected, clinical nursing skills, dealing with bereavement and palliative care, principles of medication and the role of the staff nurse, allowing for quick and easy referral. It is an extremely useful pocket resource for all nurses.

Palliative Care Nursing at a Glance

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Author: Edited By Christine Ingleton, Philip Larkin. Pages: 152 Size: 16.81 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 16 November, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781118759202

Palliative Care Nursing at a Glance is the perfect companion for nursing students, health and social care practitioners, and all those involved in palliative care delivery, both in the clinical and home setting. Written by an expert team of academics, nurses, educators and researchers it provides a concise and easy-to-read overview of all the concepts and clinical decision-making skills necessary for the provision of good-quality palliative and end-of-life care. Divided into six sections, the book includes coverage of all key clinical applications, principles of symptom management, palliative care approaches for a range of conditions and patient groups, exploration of the roles of the multi-professional team, as well as ethical challenges.

  • Superbly illustrated, with full colour illustrations throughout
  • Provides information on delivery of care in a range of settings
  • Broad coverage makes it ideal reading for anyone involved in palliative care delivery
  • User-friendly and accessible resource for those working in both specialist and non-specialist adult settings

Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care At The End of Life, 5th ed.

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Pages: 1,476 Size: 18.4 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 28 June, 2018
eISBN-13: 978082612719

The fifth edition of this seminal reference and text in palliative care nursing helps the practitioner and student offer comprehensive, targeted interventions responsive to the needs of palliative and hospice patients and families. Based on the best level of evidence available, reference to clinical practice guidelines, and palliative care order sets to address critical symptoms, the knowledge presented in this edition supports compassionate, timely, appropriate and cost-effective care to achieve quality health outcomes for diverse palliative care populations across the illness trajectory. Noteworthy features of the new edition include broadening population health management by helping the reader to identify patterns and connections within and across population and utilize information to respond to the needs of populations. This strategy allows the reader to apply strategies that are consistent with IHI’s Triple Aim that includes Improving the patient experience of care, Improving the health of populations and reducing the per capita cost of health care. Every Chapter in Sections 1, 2, and 3 includes an Evidence Based Box with a current study including a commentary written by someone from a discipline other than nursing or by an interdisciplinary team

Palliative Care, 2nd ed.

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Author: Christina Faull And Kerry Blankley. Pages: 169 Size: 3.45 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Oup Oxford
Published: 19 March, 2015
eISBN-13: 9780191006791

The care of patients with advanced and terminal illness can be extremely rewarding but often causes professionals a considerable amount of discomfort. This is especially so when you feel under confident in your abilities to provide a high quality of symptom management and relief from distress and to communicate appropriately with patients. Patients with advanced disease present some of the most challenging ethical, physical, psychological and social issues to clinicians and indeed to society. Patients need us to be knowledgeable, skilful and understanding. The fully revised and updated new edition of Palliative Care outlines the fundamental principles and facts which will enable you to make a very real difference to your patients and their families. Information is provided in an accessible, user-friendly way and covers a wide range of physical and non-physical symptom management. Multi-professional team work is addressed, as is the role and support of families. There is also a consideration of the dilemmas and decisions that may be encountered by doctors around the end of a patient’s life. This practical resource, designed to provoke contemplative professional development, and enhance learning will be essential reading for nursing and medical practitioners, and other professionals who support patients in their homes, in care homes, and in hospital.

Instant Wisdom for GPs: Pearls from All the Specialities

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Author: Hopcroft, Keith Pages: 203 Size: 1.7 MB Format: PDF Publisher: CRC Press Inc
Published: 28 November, 2017
eISBN-13: 9781315116808

This essential guide for GPs distils years of knowledge, experience, and key evidence into 25 easy-to-read chapters, each one covering a different speciality.

Every consultant has pearls of wisdom they wish they could share with GPs: knowledge they have acquired from years of experience and evidence-based study, which could lead to better patient care and more efficient use of resources. Instant Wisdom for GPs gathers these pearls together, presenting ten bullet-point gems from each speciality, together with advice on overlooked or obscure diagnoses, guidance on how to distinguish tricky differentials, and tips on prescribing.

Each of these 25 chapters is written by an expert with lengthy experience in his or her field:

  • Cardiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Gynaecology
  • ENT
  • Renal
  • General Practice
  • Orthopaedic
  • Haematology
  • Psychiatry
  • Neurology
  • Diabetes
  • Urology
  • Functional Symptoms
  • Respiratory
  • General Surgery
  • Oncology
  • Thyroid Disease
  • Paediatrics
  • Sexual Health
  • Rheumatology
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Dermatology
  • Palliative Care
  • Allergy
  • Gastroenterology

Problem Solving in Acute Oncology

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Author: Edited By Ernie Marshall, Md, Mrcp(uk), Mbchb, Macmillian Consultant In Medical Oncology, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Merseyside, Uk, Alison Young, Md, Mrcp(uk), Mbchb, Consultant Medical Oncologist, St James`s Institute Of Oncology, St James`s University Hospital, Leeds, Uk, Peter I. Clark, Ma, Md, Frcp, Professor Of Medical Oncology, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Merseyside, Uk, Chair Of NHS England Chemotherapy Clinical Reference Group, Peter Selby, Cbe, Dsc, Md, Frcp, Frcr, Fmedsci, Professor Of Cancer Medicine, St James`s Institute Of Oncology, St James`s University Hospital And University Of Leeds, Leeds, Uk, President Of The Association Of Cancer Physicians. Pages: 268 Size: 16.92 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Atlas Medical Publishing
Published: 03 November, 2013
eISBN-13: 978184692649

In the United Kingdom there has been increasing attention paid to the needs of patients who present acutely with problems related to the diagnosis and management of cancer, complications of their cancer, complications of their treatment or who require appropriate symptom control or palliative care. These issues are being considered carefully by a wide range of professionals working in oncology, the Departments of Health and other bodies. There is now a substantial service development to ensure that Acute Oncology is appropriately provided in order to improve outcomes and wellbeing of patients. This book uses the Problem Solving format to produce a text which will be of value to everyone involved in planning and delivery of acute oncology care throughout the UK. The issues raised here will be equally valuable in an international context. The book is formally supported by the Association of Cancer Physicians (ACP).

Essential Practice for Healthcare Assistants

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Author: Edited By Angela Grainger. Pages: 257 Size: 2.4 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Andrews UK Ltd
Published: 09 May, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781856424912

This book is specifically aimed at healthcare assistants, and is a comprehensive text covering all aspects of care of the patient. It is written by healthcare assistants and cover the a wide range of topics:

  • Safety issues
  • Basic patient and residential care
  • Special care
  • Mental health
  • Learning disabilities
  • Paediatrics
  • Women and maternity
  • Men`s care
  • Caring for carers
  • Home health care
  • Lifting and moving patients
  • Death and dying.

Care at the End of Life

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Author: Edited By Jeff Round. Pages: 210 Size: 1.54 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 01 January, 2016
eISBN-13: 9783319282671

This work carefully guides the reader through the methodological, policy and ethical challenges facing health economists conducting research in palliative care. It has collected the opinions of many cutting-edge researchers. Those who design and conduct economic evaluations or economics-related research in end of life populations will find this book thought provoking, instructive and informative. The provision of care to individuals with disorders associated with advancing age, such as cancer and dementia, is an increasing concern amongst policy makers and providers of health and social care. Accordingly, the burden on state and private funders in providing care to patients with these complex illnesses is of growing importance to health economists. However, answering the questions raised by the research community on end of life and palliative care health economics has received little attention. The authors shed light on many questions including: Are economic evaluation methods fit for purpose in patients at the end of life? What is the best way to measure and value health outcomes in this population? What are the appropriate societal rules to govern resource allocation for people at the end of life? Are these people more or less deserving of resources than other patients? Does age matter? How can we define a good death for the purposes of resource allocation decision making? What ethics govern research in end of life patients?

Paediatric Palliative Medicine (2 ed.)

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Author: Richard Hain and Satbir Jassal
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Print ISBN-13: 9780198745457
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198745457.001.0001

Looking after children with life-limiting conditions can be very difficult for both parents and health-care professionals. This second edition of Paediatric Palliative Medicine is full of easily accessible, detailed information on medical conditions and symptoms, and includes specific management plans in order to guide the practising clinician through treatment of children requiring palliative care. Using the bestselling Oxford Specialist Handbook format to deliver practical and concise information, this handbook facilitates bedside delivery of effective palliative medicine. It includes detailed information on symptom control and the philosophy and models that support delivery of palliative medicine to children, while also covering practical delivery of palliative medicine relating to other professionals and families, and the learning and coping skills required in palliative care. It also contains a quick-reference drug formulary. Fully updated with an expanded formulary and a new chapter on the intensive care unit, this new edition continues to be the authoritative reference tool in paediatric palliative care.

OSH Paediatric Rheumatology

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Author: Helen E. Foster and Paul A. Brogan
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Print ISBN-13: 9780199592630
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199592630.001.0001

This resource covers anatomy and physiology before moving on to identification and management of specific rheumatological disorders found in young people. As well as covering common and less common rheumatology problems, there are also chapters on rheumatology investigations and emergencies, designed for quick reference.

OSH Respiratory Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement

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Author: Graham J MacKay, Helen R Dorrance, Richard G Molloy, and Patrick J O’Dwyer
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Print ISBN-13: 9780199564033
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199564033.001.1

This resource provides practical guidance to professionals who care for patients with advanced respiratory disease. It gives evidence-based advice on a wide range of topics, including management of respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms, chronic respiratory failure, and respiratory emergencies.

OSH Dementia: From advanced disease to bereavement

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Author: Victor Pace, Adrian Treloar, and Sharon Scott
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Print ISBN-13: 9780199237807
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199237807.001.0001

This resource concentrates on advanced dementia, and addresses issues such as pain management, decision-making, spiritual needs, communication, the Mental Health Capacity Act, dementia in the younger patient, and the carer’s perspective.

Heart Failure: From Advanced Disease to Bereavement

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Author: Miriam Johnson, Karen Hogg, and James Beattie
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Print ISBN-13: 9780199299300
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199299300.001.0001

Excellent end of life care for people with heart failure is challenging but possible. In easily digestible summaries, this resource presents practical advice about how and when to integrate a palliative care approach alongside standard heart failure management.

OSH End of Life Care in the ICU: From advanced disease to bereavement

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Author: Graeme Rocker, Kathleen Puntillo, Élie Azoulay, and Judith Nelson
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Print ISBN-13: 9780199239245
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199239245.001.0001

End of life care in the ICU presents its own unique challenges, and this resource highlights real clinical issues which need to be addressed if quality palliative care within ICUs is to be consistently delivered.

OSH Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement (2 ed.)

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Author: Edwina A. Brown, Fliss E. M. Murtagh, and Emma Murphy
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Print ISBN-13: 9780199695690
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199696956.001.0001

This resource provides practical guidance on end of life management for patients with renal disease. It is presented in easily accessible, bullet point style, and is illustrated with case histories from real life patients, and drug tables.

Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry (2 ed.)

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Author: Tom Dening and Alan Thomas
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Print ISBN-13: 9780199644957
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199644957.001.0001

Taking a global approach by highlighting both the common burdens and the differences in management from country to country, The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, Second Edition includes information on all the latest improvements and changes in the field. New chapters are included to reflect the development of old age care; covering palliative care, the ethics of caring, and living and dying with dementia. Existing chapters have also been revised and updated throughout and additional information is included on brain stimulation therapies, memory clinics and services, and capacity, which now includes all mental capacity and decision making

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children (2 ed.)

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Author: Ann Goldman, Richard Hain, and Stephen Liben
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Print ISBN-13: 9780199595105
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199595105.001.0001

Comprehensive in scope and definitive in authority, this second edition has been thoroughly updated to cover new practices, current epidemiological data and the evolving models that support the delivery of palliative medicine to children. it is is an essential resource for anyone who works with children worldwide.

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing (4 ed.)

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Author: Betty R. Ferrell, Nessa Coyle, and Judith Paice
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Print ISBN-13: 9780199332342
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199332342.001.0001

This landmark title is the key resource for nurses working in the field of palliative care. Edited by renowned nursing experts, and written by a dynamic team of internationally known authorities in nursing and palliative medicine, the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing covers the gamut of principles of care from the time of initial diagnosis of a terminal disease to the end of a patient’s life, and beyond. This online resource is written to highlight the nurse’s vital role as part of an integrated palliative care team. Various care settings are discussed including the hospital, ICU, home care, and hospice. Chapters focus on the practical aspects of nursing care, including symptom assessment, patient teaching, family support, psychosocial aspects of palliation, and spiritual care. New to this edition are chapters on the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Guidelines, and palliative care of veterans, in rural settings, in disaster situations, in Eastern Europe, and in the Philippines

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

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Author: Terry Altilio and Shirley Otis-Green
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Print ISBN-13: 9780199739110
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199739110.001.0001

This comprehensive, evidence-informed text provides clinicians, researchers, policy-makers and academicians, with content to inform and enrich the guidelines recommended by the National Consensus Project and the National Quality Forum Preferred Practices. It is designed to meet the needs of health social work professionals who seek to provide culturally sensitive biopsychosocial-spiritual care for patients and families living with life-threatening illness. Edited by two of the leading social work clinician-researchers in the US, this text serves as the definitive resource for practicing clinicians and fulfils the need for social work faculty who wish to complement general health care texts with information specific to palliative and end-of-life care.

Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing (2 ed.)

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Author: Vari Drennan and Claire Goodman
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Print ISBN-13: 9780199653720
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199653720.001.0001

This resource is the essential guide to caring for patients in primary care and the community and covers the skills and knowledge required by any nurse working in modern primary and community care, which cuts across different speciality and care settings. Topics covered range from common adult health problems to vulnerable groups with extra needs, medicine management, and nurse prescribing. It includes information on how health and social care services are organised and funded, from common technical care procedures to complex situations requiring practical, concise guidance. The new edition includes revised and expanded material on end of life care, with more focus on care of dying children. It also includes new clinical topics such as nursing technology, dependent children at home, and frailty.

Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care (2 ed.)

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Author: Max Watson, Caroline Lucas, Andrew Hoy, and Jo Wells
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Print ISBN-13: 9780199234356
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199234356.001.0001

Updated throughout with an additional emphasis on nursing care, this resource is a concise and authoritative guide to modern palliative care. Easily accessible, it’s ideal for the busy professional managing patients with end of life care needs.

Oxford Handbook of General Practice (4 ed.)

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Author: Chantal Simon, Hazel Everitt, Francoise van Dorp, and Matt Burkes
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Print ISBN-13: 9780199671038
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199671038.001.0001

Fully revised to reflect the new changes to the GP contract and the GP curriculum, this fourth edition of the best-selling Oxford Handbook of General Practice is a practical guide to all aspects of general practice, including everything from vital clinical information to valuable practical guidance from experienced GPs. Comprehensively covering everything a doctor needs to work in, or manage a GP practice, this resource ensures readers are always up-to-date with the latest guidelines, the most recent protocols, and cutting-edge clinical information. It is fully illustrated, features many useful figures, diagrams, management boxes, and tables, and new full colour photographs have been added to the dermatology and ophthalmology chapters.

Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine (3rd ed.)

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Author: Lesley K. Bowker, James D. Price, Kunal S. Shah, and Sarah C. Smith
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Print ISBN-13: 9780198738381
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198738381.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine includes all the information required to deliver effective geriatric care. It covers a range of key treatment areas, indicating where practice differs from that of younger adults or is ill informed by evidence and where dangers lurk for the inexperienced clinician, and the many ethical and clinical dilemmas common in geriatric practice. A practical, accessible, and essential guidance for all junior doctors and specialist trainees in geriatric and general internal medicine, and for all medical and nursing staff who manage older people.

Oxford Handbook of Dialysis (4 ed.)

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Author: Jeremy Levy, Edwina Brown, and Anastasia Lawrence
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Print ISBN-13: 9780199644766
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199644766.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Dialysis is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of dialysis, and the management of patients with end-stage kidney disease and all its complications. The current edition has been completely updated, and covers all haemodialysis techniques; haemodiafiltration; home and frequent dialysis; peritoneal dialysis; plasma exchange; the medical, nursing, and psychosocial aspects of managing patients with end-stage kidney failure; acute management of renal transplantation particularly with reference to dialysis patients; palliative care in renal disease; and drug dosing guidelines. Bone disease, anaemia, cardiovascular disease, infections, pain, end-of-life care, and the widespread complications of chronic kidney disease are discussed, with practical guidance and management, presented in a compact and easy-to-use format. The book is aimed at all healthcare professionals dealing with dialysis patients from nephrologists to dieticians, pharmacists, nurses, counsellors, intensivists, and surgeons, and there are specific chapters on nursing patients on haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and detailed nutrition and drug prescribing chapters. The current edition includes new sections on renal replacement therapies in acute kidney injury, home dialysis, new peritoneal dialysis fluids, new drugs including new epoetins and phosphate binders, and updated sections on nocturnal dialysis, dialysis monitoring, encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, sleep disorders. The book is clearly subdivided, easy to read, very practical, specific, and focussed, with individual topics covered on one or two pages with room for extra notes throughout. We hope this book should have a home in every renal unit, dialysis centre, renal ward, and close to hand for every nephrologist, renal trainee, renal nurse, dietician technician, and pharmacist

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (10 ed.)

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Author: Ian B. Wilkinson, Tim Raine, Kate Wiles, Anna Goodhart, Catriona Hall, and Harriet O’Neill
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Print ISBN-13: 9780199689903
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199689903.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine provides a unique resource for medical students and junior doctors as a definitive guide to medicine. It is divided into 19 chapters, each covering a core area, including chest medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, renal medicine, haematology, infectious diseases, neurology, oncology and palliative care, rheumatology, surgery, clinical chemistry, radiology, practical procedures, and emergency medicine. It presents clinical information in a clear way that makes it easy to revise, remember, and implement on the ward. It gives reliable advice on what to do, and when and how to do it, with clinical photographs and diagrams that bring theory to life. It weaves history, literature, art, and philosophy into its survey of medicine, casting new light on the specialties and encouraging the reader to see beyond the practical aspects of medicine and adopt a patient-centred approach to care.

Emergencies in Palliative and Supportive Care

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Author: David Currow and Katherine Clark
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Print ISBN-13: 9780198567226
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198567226.001.1

This is a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in palliative care. It provides clinical guidance for the management of people with progressive life limiting illnesses including cancer, AIDS, end-stage organ failure and neurodegenerative diseases.

Lung Cancer: A multidisciplinary approach

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Author: Edited By Alison Leary.
Pages: 224 Size: 7.66 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 16 March, 2012
eISBN-13: 9781444398632

Lung Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides clinicians with a comprehensive text that can be used when caring for patients with lung cancer throughout the entire patient journey. This edited collection explores the aetiology of lung cancer; mesothelioma; the range of available treatments, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy; surgical care; supportive and end-of-life care; quality-of-life issues; and the role of the nurse within the multidisciplinary team. A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to lung cancer Illustrative case studies used throughout Contributions from respected healthcare professionals in the field Interprofessional in focus Lung Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach is an essential resource for all nurses and healthcare professionals working with cancer patients.

Dementia Care at a Glance

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Catharine Jenkins, Laura Ginesi, Bernie Keenan.
Pages: 176 Size: 16.16 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 30 November, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781118859995

Dementia Care at a Glance is the perfect companion for health and social care professionals, nurses, students as well as family members and voluntary workers needing information and guidance about dementia care. Taking a person-centred and interpersonal approach, each chapter outlines an aspect of the experience of living with dementia and the steps that the nurse or healthcare professional can take to support them. This comprehensive book will assist readers to respond effectively, sensitively and with compassion to people living with dementia in acute settings, as well as in care environments and at home. It acknowledges the challenges that arise for people with dementia, family members and professionals and offers practical solutions based on current thinking and best practice. * Presented in the bestselling at a Glance format, with superb illustrations and a concise approach * Covers the common forms and manifestations of dementia, their causes, and how to address them * Addresses a wide range of topics including, interventions, communication, care planning, medication, therapy, leadership as well as ethical and legal issues * Takes a positive holistic approach, including not only physical and mental health issues but social and spiritual implications and a person-centred focus throughout * Suitable for students on a range of healthcare courses * Supported by a companion website with multiple-choice questions and reflective questions

Dementia Care: An Evidence Based Approach

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Marie Boltz, James Galvin
Pages: 333 Size: 3.95 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 01 January, 2016
eISBN-13: 9783319183770

This book provides an overview of the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial context of dementia care. With its focus on patient and family perspectives, this book describes evidence-based approaches towards prevention, detection, and treatment of dementia that is like any other book. The text presents memory clinics, care management, home-based interventions, palliative care, family caregiver programs, specific to dementia care. Additionally, the text examines strategies to support transitions to acute care and long-term care. The text also places a special emphasis on measures of quality, cultural sensitivity, and implications for health care policy. Written by experts in the field, Dementia Care: An Evidence-Based Approach is an excellent resource for clinicians, students, healthcare administrators, and policymakers who aim to improve the quality of life of both the person with dementia and their informal caregiver.

Chronic Disease Management in Primary Care

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Edited By Gill Wakley And Ruth Chambers.

Pages: 263 Size: 1.6 MB Format: PDF Publisher: CRC Press Inc – M.U.A.
Published: 12 July, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781138030459

Domiciliary care is a sensitive and complex subject. Can I obtain suitable care workers? Which organisations can I call on for support? What are the obligations placed on homeowners? If a relative wishes to remain at home do you know what to do? These are questions often asked by health professionals social workers and service users. This book answers such questions gives choices and shows how to implement decisions. It is essential reading for the new primary care organisations community practitioners primary healthcare teams practitioners in palliative care and geriatrics charities and volunteer groups.

Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

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Edited By Constance Dahlin, Patrick J. Coyne, Betty R. Ferrell

Pages: 649 Size: 12.61 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 25 February, 2016
eISBN-13: 9780190204754

Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing is the first text devoted to advanced practice nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. This comprehensive work addresses all aspects of palliative care including physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Chapters include: symptoms common in serious illness, pediatric palliative care, spiritual and existential issues, issues around the role and function of the advanced practice nurse (APN), reimbursement, and nursing leadership on palliative care teams. Each chapter contains case examples and a strong evidence base to support the highest quality of care. The text is written by leaders in the field and includes authors who have pioneered the role of the advanced practice nurse in palliative care. This volume offers advanced practice content and practical resources for clinical practice across all settings of care and encompassing all ages, from pediatrics to geriatrics.

Dying and Death in Oncology

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Lawrence Berk

Pages: 187 Size: 1.35 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 01 January, 2017
eISBN-13: 9783319418612

This book brings together in one volume many important topics about death and dying, including the pathophysiology of death, the causes of death among cancer patients, the ethics of death, the legal aspects of death for the physician and for the patient and caregivers, the economics of death, the medical management of the dying patient, including pain and dyspnea, the prediction of death, and the spiritual management of the dying patient. It also discusses other medical and humanistic aspects of death and dying, such as the historical definition of death and various cultures` and religions` viewpoints on death and the afterlife. Everybody, including every patient with cancer, will die, and every physician will have to assist dying patients. Oncologists face this prospect more often than many physicians. And yet to date there has been no comprehensive textbook on Thanatology, the academic discipline studying death and dying, to assist oncologists in this difficult task. This book will help the physician to understand his or her own relationship with death and to communicate about death and dying with the patient and the patient`s caregivers.

Oncologic Emergencies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Edited By Ellen F. Manzullo, Carmen Esther Gonzalez, Carmen P. Escalante, Sai-Ching J. Yeung.

Pages: 412 Size: 3.66 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 01 January, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781493931880

This new resource on managing oncologic emergencies is directed at all health care professionals who care for patients with cancer or survivors. Edited and written by clinician-experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the book covers the full range of oncologic emergencies, from cardiac and neurologic to orthopedic to hematologic, and addresses important palliative care, ethical, and Emergency Department considerations. Chapters are structured with busy clinicians in emergent and urgent settings in mind, and each chapter concludes with a series of key practice points and a list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper into a subject. For any clinician facing the increasing number of patients who experience an oncologic emergency, this is an up-to-date, clinically focused, and authoritative resource.

Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Edited By David W. Kissane [and Five Others]

Pages: 457 Size: 7.66 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 02 February, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780191054815

Written by an international team of authors the Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care integrates clinical wisdom with empirical findings. It draws upon the history of communication science, providing the reader with a comprehensive curriculum for applied communication skills training. An essential resource, the Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care is filled with tips and strategies for effective communication about difficult and challenging communication. In focusing on cancer and the end-of-life, it deals with the existential and spiritual challenges found across all of medicine, providing deep insights into what is at stake and how clinicians might optimally respond. This authoritative and wide-ranging book provides clinicians with state-of-the-art and evidence-based guidelines to achieve effective, patient-centred communication in the clinical settings of oncology and palliative care. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition includes sections on the curriculum for nurses, the core curriculum, and an introductory section on communication science. The chapters embrace specialty issues across the clinical disciplines, from enrolling in clinical trials, working in teams, and discussing genetic risk, to talking about sexuality, infertility, and intercultural issues. An educational perspective is also provided, with chapters covering communication skills training, how to evaluate courses, and international models of training.