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  • Nursing Education in Thanatology

    A Curriculum Continuum

    by Florence E. Selder, Virginia W. Barrett, Marilyn M. Rawnsley, Austin H. Kutscher, Carole A. Lambert, Marcia Fishman, Mary Kachoyeanos ...
    Nursing Education in Thanatology is an excellent source book for planning thanatology courses or for integrating concepts of thanatology into a nursing curriculum. As the formal teaching of thanatology in schools for health care professionals is generally overlooked and ill-defined, many students and professionals will learn to deal with dying and grieving upon their first encounter with death. ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

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  • Hospice: a labor of love

    A Labor of Love

    by Denise Glavan,Cindy Longanacre,John Spivey ...
    Sharing stories of real people they have encountered as professional hospice caregivers, the authors explore both the practical and philosophical aspects of the hospice movement. Straightforward and nontechnical in approach, Hospice, A Labor of Love offers help and inspiration to hospice volunteers, pastoral counselors, and the families of those who are receiving hospice care. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Psycho-Oncology

    Edited by Jimmie C. Holland, William S. Breitbart, Paul B. Jacobsen, Ruth McCorkle, Phyllis N. Butow, Matthew J. Loscalzo ...
    Originally published by Oxford in 1998, Psycho-Oncology was the first comprehensive text in the field and remains the gold standard today. Edited by a team of leading experts in psycho-oncology, spearheaded by Dr. Jimmie C. Holland, the founder of the field, the text reflects the interdisciplinary nature and global reach of this growing field. Thoroughly updated and developed in collaboration with ... Read more

    $125.59 CAD

  • Parting

    A Handbook for Spiritual Care Near the End of Life

    by Jennifer Sutton Holder, Jann Aldredge-Clanton ...
    At times we may be called to be companions on a journey we would rather not take — the journey of a loved one toward the end of life. For those who choose to serve as close companions of terminally ill relatives or friends, Parting offers the collective wisdom of people from many cultures and faith traditions as a “travel guide” for meaningful companionship — helping someone toward a peaceful ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • A Better Life for the Chronically Ill

    A Guidebook for Creative Caregiving

    by Rose Mary Keller Hughes ...
    While learning about ways to bring some fun into the lives of those who are long-term confined to home or hospital, the reader discovers that the book is really about hope, dignity, and love. The underlying theme throughout is that while providing support for your loved one whose health is inescapably diminishing, you must not lose sight of the fact that the patient desperately needs to feel loved ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

    Edited by Sriram Yennurajalingam, Eduardo Bruera ...
    Series series Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine
    This handbook provides an easily navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. Succinct, evidence-based, topically focused content is supplemented by extensive tables and algorithms. The table of contents and balance of coverage follows the core curriculum of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, thus meeting the ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care

    by Erica Brown, Anne Smallman, Brian Warr ...
    Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care provides a comprehensive overview of good practice in caring for terminally-ill children, young people and their families.Drawing from extensive personal experiences of working in paediatric palliative care, the author provides guidance on issues including symptom management and pain relief; cultural, religious and spiritual aspects ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • The Creative Arts in Palliative Care

    by Adrian Butchers, Sam Dobbs, Abi Gill, Mick Sands, Marion Tasker, Virginia Hearth, Lynn Harmer ...
    Use of the arts in palliative care settings is a powerful and effective way of addressing the practical, psychological, social and spiritual issues faced by service users in end-of-life care.The Creative Arts in Palliative Care uncovers the possibilities for using the creative arts and provides guidance on how to implement arts projects successfully. Part 1 focuses on designing objectives for the ... Read more

    $48.39 CAD

  • Speaking of Dying

    A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care

    by Louis Heyse-Moore ...
    Good counselling skills are often not taught to the professionals who need them most. Compassionate and tactful communication skills can make the difference between an awkward encounter with a dying patient, and an engaging, empathic bond between two people.Louis Heyse-Moore draws on his wealth of experience as a trained counsellor and palliative medicine specialist. Covering difficult subjects ... Read more

    $48.39 CAD

  • Aging, Spirituality and Palliative Care

    by Rev Elizabeth Mackinley ...
    Gain greater depth of understanding of end-of-life spiritual issues for older adultsThe period of time when a person approaches death is always difficult both for the patient and the caregiver. Aging, Spirituality, and Palliative Care discusses best practices in aged and palliative care while addressing patients’ diverse spiritual ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Pediatric Psycho-Oncology

    A Quick Reference on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer Symptom Management

    Edited by Robert J. Arceci, Lori S. Wiener, PhD, Maryland Pao, MD, Anne E. Kazak, PhD, Mary Jo Kupst, PhD, Andrea Farkas Patenaude, PhD ...
    Series series APOS Clinical Reference Handbooks
    Pediatric Psycho-Oncology is a comprehensive handbook that provides best practice models for the management of psychological, cognitive, and social outcomes of adolescents living with cancer and their families. Chapters cover a wide range of topics including psychological aspects of particular pediatric cancers and their treatments, how to talk to a child and family at critical times during the ... Read more

    $99.19 CAD

  • Compassionate Communities

    Case Studies from Britain and Europe

    Edited by Klaus Wegleitner, Katharina Heimerl, Allan Kellehear ...
    Series series Routledge Key Themes in Health and Society
    Compassionate communities are communities that provide assistance for those in need of end of life care, separate from any official heath service provision that may already be available within the community. This idea was developed in 2005 in Allan Kellehear’s seminal volume- Compassionate Cities: Public Health and End of Life Care. In the ensuing ten years the theoretical aspects of the idea have ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD