The Interface of Social Science, Public Policy and Medical Ethics
In this title, Barry Rosenfeld examines how social science can inform policy and practice issues in the ongoing debates on end-of-life issues. This thoughtful, and balanced volume reviews and synthesizes what research has uncovered thus far, and provides context on the major legal, ethical, clinical, and psychological research issues involved.
Since 1997, when Oregon enacted a law permitting physician-assisted suicide, the public debate over end-of-life issues has turned in a new direction. The result has been renewed emphasis on hospice, palliative care, the spiritual needs of the dying, and on advanced directives to settle legal matters. This book addresses these four critical issues.
This must-have study guide for nurses seeking to obtain Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse status provides state-of-the-art information about all aspects of this specialty. It features 300 Q&As that offer a detailed rationale for each question, along with tips and strategies to promote exam mastery and frequently asked questions about the ......
A Handbook for Building and Maintaining Optimal Teams
Focuses on intentional communication, team building, and relational maintenance. Whether you are starting a new team or helping an existing team, this text addresses aspects of team players, leadership, meetings, organisational culture, and self- and team-care through a combination of empirical data and real voices in palliative care practice.
An Evidence-Based Guide for Palliative Care Nurses
A groundbreaking reference for palliative care nurses, this provides realistic and achievable evidence-based methods for incorporating compassionate and humanistic care of the dying into current standards of practice. It builds on the author's research-based CARES Tool, a reference that synthesizes five key elements demonstrated to enable a ......
Demonstrates how to achieve sustainable success in dementia care by changing the caregiving lens to focus on well-being and the ways in which it can be enhanced in people living with dementia. This book offers a proactive approach - one that challenges widely accepted dementia care practices and provides a compelling new framework for developing ......
Hospice care helps make the end of life the best it can be, yet the experience can be both rewarding and stressful to those involved. Karen Clayton's stories address end-of-life choices, palliative care, mixed feelings about hospice, care for the caregivers, managing dramatic incidents and fear, social isolation, saying goodbye, and remembering.
With a growing population comes an increased need to recognize the medical and psychological needs of older adults and their families, particularly towards the end of life. This guide describes the challenges such persons and families present to those providing end of life care.
Addresses the most prevalent and complex management challenges in caring for people with dementia. The second edition - completely updated with the newest guidelines - includes two new chapters on the Emotional Needs of People with Dementia and Self-Neglect and Elder Abuse, along with new information on cultural considerations.
