Palliative Care Nursing: principles and evidence for practice

Palliative Care Nursing: principles and evidence for practice
Publisher:Open University Press | Pages:736 | 2008-08-01 | ISBN:0335221815 | PDF | 5.7 MB

The second edition of this innovative textbook has been extensively revised and updated to reflect new global developments in palliative care. This textbook reviews current research and examines the evidence base for palliative care policy and practice. Over a third of the chapters are newly commissioned from leading international contributors.

. . Building on the widely acclaimed original edition, the textbook focuses on palliative care for adults in a variety of care environments. The first three sections use a novel framework the trajectory of life-limiting illness to cover key issues including:

* . . What happens to people as they become ill .
* How individuals cope as they near death and are dying .
* How families and friends deal with bereavement and loss

. . The final section addresses contemporary issues in nursing and inter-professional working.

. . The book is written with helpful overviews and in an informative and reader-friendly style. There are numerous examples of clinical situations and research studies which are examined in depth to illustrate debates inpalliative care. The textbook spans the range of end-of-life contexts which are of relevance to practitioners, educationalists and researchers.

. . Palliative Care Nursing is essential reading for post-qualification nursing students and all nurses and health and social care professionals who provide care to people with advanced illness and those who are near the end of life. This broad ranging critical text will be invaluable tostudents and practitioners working with people and their families near the end of life
Review
"Its detail is balanced with case studies and practical illustrations that bring the academic nature of its writing to life...For reference purposes for anyone completing academic work it has to be an absolute must."--Nursing Times (Nursing Times )

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