Palliative Care Nursing: Principles and Evidence for Practice

by Christine Ingleton (Author), Christine Ingleton (Author), Sheila Payne (Author), Jane Seymour (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.44

  ...this is an excellent book that is interesting, easy to read and very useful for health care professionals. - Palliative Medicine . This innovative interdisciplinary textbook reviews current research and examines the evidence base for palliative care practice. Focusing on palliative care for adults, the first three sections use a novel framework - the trajectory of life-limiting illness - to cover key issues including: what happens to people as they become ill; how individuals cope as they near death and are dying; and, how families and friends deal with bereavement and loss. The final section addresses contemporary issues in nursing and inter-professional working. The book contains helpful overviews and is written in an informative and reader-friendly style. Palliative Care Nursing is essential reading for post-qualifying nursing students and all nurses and health/social care professionals who provide care to people with advanced illness and those who are near the end of life.