John has been at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work for 15 years. He is currently the Programme leader for the B.Sc. (Hons), Nursing Practice course, based at Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore.In Singapore, he is also the module leader for the Supportive and Palliative care and the Manchester Leadership programme and the unit lead for the dissertation unit. His research interests focus around the social management of death, dying and bereavement. He is a reviewer for a number of journals including the International Journal of Palliative Nursing. He is interested in developing palliative care across the world and play an active role in The Chernobyl Childrens Trust (UK) a British charity promoting links with Belarussia. He has published extensively in the UK and abroad and spoken at a number of academic conferences in Britain and elsewhere.
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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
The aim of this book is to raise the awareness of healthcare professionals working in palliative care of the experiences of those families and patients on the palliative care journey. Throughout the book, the patients' feelings are emphasised with illustrative stories and patient quotations. Indeed, the chapter on living with cancer is written by a former health service manager who was diagnosed with myeloma and has required dialysis.? This is a good primer on palliative care for nurses and other allied health professionals; my opinion would be that it would be good for medical students and interns as well. -- Roger Woodruff