Kinghorn, Shaun (ed). <br/><br/>
Palliative nursing :  improving end-of-life care. 

 - 2nd ed. /  edited by Shaun Kinghorn, Sandra Gaines. 
 - Edinburgh :  Churchill Livingstone Elsevier,  2007. 
 - xiii, 304 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 2001. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Strategic and global issues in palliative care--2.  Managing symptoms: what can nurses do?: a principle-based approach --3.  Pain control-- 4. Promoting comfort through radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery --5.  Making sense of spiritual care -- 6. Psychosocial dimensions -- 7. Communication in advanced illness: challenges and opportunities -- 8. Facilitating hope in palliative care --9. Supporting the family facing loss and grief--10.  Evidence-based palliative care  -- 11. Choice at the end of life: ethics and palliative care--12. The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying patient --13.  Sexuality in palliative care: the problems and prospects --14.  Complementary therapies --15.  The changing face of nursing in palliative care --16. Looking after yourself. 
<br/><br/> Reflecting the rapid development of palliative nursing as an emerging specialty, this comprehensive text covers all aspects of palliative nursing. Key themes covered include pain control, symptom control, loss and grief and handling loss. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780702028168 (pbk.) :  £25.99 0702028169 (pbk.) :  Đ25.99 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007046397 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing.<br/>Palliative treatment.<br/>Terminal care.<br/>Nursing<br/>Terminal care nursing<br/>Palliative medicine<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Nursing Care--psychology<br/>Palliative Care--psychology<br/>Empathy.<br/>Nurse-Patient Relations.<br/>Terminal Care--psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT87.T45  / P3 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.029 KIN