Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
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"Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients continues to explore the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice in an updated new edition. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various …
Contents:; Delirium / Debra E. Heidrich and Nancy K. English -- Dyspnea, death rattle, and cough / Deborah Dudgeon -- Urgent syndromes at the end of life / Barton T. Bobb -- Sedation for refractory symptoms / Patti Knight, Laura A. Espinosa, and Bonnie Freeman -- Withdrawal of life-sustaining thera…
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Contents:; Introduction to palliative care / Marianne Matzo, Tonie Metheny -- Palliative care : responsive to the need for health care reform in America / Deborah Witt Sherman, Marilyn Bookbinder, Marlene McHugh -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Anita J. Tarzian, Judith Kennedy Schwartz -- Le…
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Table of Contents:; 1 Definitions and key elements in palliative care -- 2 Symptom assessment -- 3 Clinical decision making -- 4 Pain assessment and management -- 5 Fatigue -- 6 Cachexia -- 7 Dehydration -- 8 Anxiety and depression -- 9 Sleep disturbance -- 10 Chronic nausea and vomiting -- 11 Cons…
"A Caregiver's Guide was created to provide information for family caregivers to draw upon when preparing and caring for a loved one who has a progressive illness, especially at home. It was developed to complement resources and information provided to caregivers by healthcare professionals, includ…
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"Hospice & Palliative Care Handbook, Fourth Edition, offers concise, focused coverage of all aspects of hospice and palliative care for clinicians, managers, and other team members who provide important care while meeting difficult multilevel regulations. Filled with key topics such as professional…
Table of Contents :; PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced canc…
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Report exploring end of life care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender peoples.