TY  - BOOK
AU  - Douglas,Catherine
AU  - Preston,Nancy
AU  - Johnston,Bridget
TI  - Palliative care nursing: principles and evidence for practice 
SN  - 0335261620
AV  - RT87.T45 P39 2018
U1  - 610.029 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - Terminal care
KW  - Palliative treatment
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Terminal Care
KW  - Nursing Care
KW  - Palliative Care
N1  - Formely edited by Sheila Payne, Jane Seymour and Christine Ingleton; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1; One Who Is the palliative care patient? : --; Introduction to Part One; Bridget Johnston --; 1; Who is the palliative care patient?; Stuart P. Milligan --; 2; Issues of referral to and accessing palliative care; Josie Dixon --; 3; Where is palliative care provided and how is it changing?; Barbara Gomes --; 4; Engaging patients and families in the organisation, care and research of palliative care; Merryn Gott --; 5; Living with an uncertain prognosis; Lynn Calman --; 6; Clinical assessment and outcome measurement; Vanessa Taylor --; Part 2; Providing palliative nursing care : --; Introduction to PartT wo; Catherine Walshe --; 7; Communication and palliative care nursing; Elaine Stevens --; 8; Physical symptom management, with a focus on nursing interventions for complex symptoms; Diane Laverty --; 9; Psychological symptoms and the promotion of psychological well-being; Craig A. White --; 10; Spirituality, spiritual care and the role of nurses in palliative care; Hamilton Inbadas --; 11; Identity, the dignified self and person-centred approaches in palliative care; Genevieve Thompson --; 12; Caring for informal carers; Gail Ewing --; 13; Palliative care for those in disadvantaged groups; Brian Nyatanga --; 14; Advanced and expanded roles in palliative care nursing; Michael Connolly --; Part 3; Three Caring around the time of death : --; Introduction to Part Three; Catherine Walshe --; 15; Preparing and planning for death; Sarah Russell --; 16; The last days and hours of life; Jo Loney --; 17; Understanding and assessing grief and bereavement; Linda Machin --; 18; Bereavement care; Samar M. Aoun --; 19; The costs and rewards of caring in palliative care; Mary L.S. Vachon --; Part 4; Challenging Issues In palliative care nursing : --; Introduction to Part Four; Nancy Preston --; 20; Decision-making and capacity: principles relating to ethical issues in palliative care nursing; Gary Rycroft --; 21; Assisted dying: a global overview; Claudia Gamondi --; 22; Facilitating change in palliative care; Sue Spencer --; 23; Preparing to work in palliative care: developing educational competence; John Costello --; 24; Building the evidence base for palliative care nursing: overcoming challenges in research, knowledge transfer and implementation; Jane L. Phillips --; 25; Growing and developing palliative care worldwide: assessing and developing public health approaches to palliative care; Julia Downing
N2  - "Palliative Care Nursing is essential reading for nursing students, professional nurses and other health and social care professionals providing supportive and palliative care to those with advanced illness or who are towards the end of life. This third edition of the acclaimed textbook has been extensively revised and examines important research studies, key debates around care and strategies to advance palliative care nursing. In four sections, the book covers key elements of nursing practice towards the end of life: *Defining the palliative care patient *Providing palliative nursing care *Caring around the time of death *Challenging issues in palliative care nursing. Leading authors address contemporary issues and explore how to provide high quality person-centred palliative care, encouraging application to practice through exercises and case studies. Chapters completely reworked or new for this edition include those on communication, living with uncertainty, bereavement care, the costs of caring, nurses' decision-making and capacity, and palliative care worldwide."-- Publisher
ER  -