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Adult palliative care for nursing, health, and social care / edited by John Costello. - xii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: The experience of living with cancer - Joan Smith Chapter 2: Palliative care for people with End Stage Pulmonary Disease - Jo Popple Chapter 3: Palliative care for people with End Stage Heart Failure - Sharon Grimsdale Chapter 4: Palliative care for people with Multiple Sclerosis - John Costello Chapter 5: Patients with End Stage Renal Failure - Sue Heatley Chapter 6: Palliative care for people with advanced dementia - Jacqueline Crowther Chapter 7: Symptom management: the medical perspective - Ahamed Ashique & John Costello Chapter 8: Supporting families and lay caregivers on the palliative care journey - Anne Golden Chapter 9: Grief, bereavement and spirituality - John Costello and Reverend Andrew Bradley Chapter 10: Ethical dilemmas in palliative care - Anne-Marie Raftery & Carole Farrell Chapter 11: Hospital palliative care teams - Anne-Marie Raftery Chapter 12: End of life care in the community - Alison Newey

John Costello and a team of palliative care specialists take a patient-centred approach to discussing palliative and end of life care across a range of diseases and illnesses.

ISBN: 9781526408365 1526408368 9781526408372 1526408376

LCCN: 2018941830

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB8L3727 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Palliative Care--methods
Adult
Terminal Care--methods
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing

Dewey Class. No.: 616.02/9 362.17/5

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WB 310