Published April, 2009
By Yasmin Gunaratnam and David Oliviere
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Patients' stories have long been used in palliative care to make sense of experiences of illness and care. This book examines the uses and interpretations of narratives and stories, bringing theory and practice closer together, and looking at how these methods can be worked with in ways that are rigorous, productive, ethical, and caring.

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Published March, 2009
By Anthony Back, Robert Arnold and James Tulsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Topics include delivering bad news, transition to palliative care, discussing goals of advance-care planning and do-not-resuscitate orders, existential and spiritual issues, family conferences, medical futility, and other end of life conflicts.

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Published January, 2009
By Maria Adele Giamberardino and Maria Adele Giamberadino
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This concise pocketbook addresses the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of visceral pain, and provides practical information for the consultation and treatment.

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Published December, 2008
By Simon I R Noble, Miriam J Johnson, Agnes Y Y Lee, Agnes Lee and Simon I.R Noble
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This book provides an evidence-based, clinical guide to treating venous thromboembolism in palliative care, highlighting the uncertainties faced by clinicians when confronted with this common but complex issue, and dealing with both cancer and non-malignant diseases.

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Published December, 2008
By Ann Armstrong-Dailey and Sarah Zarbock
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published October, 2008
By Sheila Payne and Peter Hudson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Family carers often play a major role in the care of their dying relative and are prone to negative physical, social, financial and psychological outcomes. It is essential that palliative care professionals can provide care to the relative as well as the patient, and this book offers a practical guide to family carer assessment and support.

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Published October, 2008
By R. Bawn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell)
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Decisions regarding treatment and the how, when and where to die are typically made during the palliative care phase of the patients illness. This is a sensitive and crucial phase of the patient's life with a number of issues still posing great challenges and legal aspects playing a very important role.

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Published October, 2008
By Jonathan Waite, Rowan Harwood, Ian Morton, David Connelly and Rowan Harold Harwood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Care Manuals
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This care manual covers a wide range of information in a short, easily accessible handbook format. It follows the pathway of dementia, from first presentation through to final stages of the illness, and is aimed at the multipdisciplinary care team.

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Published September, 2008
By Jenny Buckley and J Buckley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Aspects include psychosocial, spiritual and physical needs of the patient. Care and treatment are considered in a multidisciplinary and complementary way. Patient centered coverage considers treatment and care of the dying in all settings in major diseases. A highly integrated approach to pain and symptom control, including complementary therapies.

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Published September, 2008
By Andrew Rice, Douglas Justins, Toby Newton-John, Richard F. Howard, Christine Miaskowski and Richard Howard
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Hodder Arnold)
Series: Clinical Pain Management
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A comprehensive textbook in four volumes, for trainees and practicing specialists in pain management and related areas, presenting readers with all they need to know to provide a successful pain management service.

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