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Palliative nursing : improving end-of-life care.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2007.Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by Shaun Kinghorn, Sandra GainesDescription: xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780702028168 (pbk.) :
  • 0702028169 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.029 KIN
LOC classification:
  • RT87.T45 P3 2007
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 616.029 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 208832

Previous ed.: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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