Focuses on symptom management, emergencies, bereavement, and spirituality in palliative care. Offers examples, references, tables, figures, self-assessment questions, and case studies to aid comprehension. For nurses. Previous edition not cited. British-oriented. Softcover.
Foreword
v
Setting the scene
vi
Cautionary note
viii
List of contributors
ix
Acknowledgements
xii
Dedication
xiii
Assessment in palliative care
1
(15)
Mary Brooks
Introduction to pain management
16
(24)
Trevor Mitten
Symptom management: a framework
40
(37)
Susanna Hill
Continuous subcutaneous infusion
77
(12)
Andrew Dickman
Mouth care
89
(14)
Julie Hewett
Lymphoedema
103
(9)
Annie Hogg
Wound care
112
(18)
Mark Collier
Emergencies in palliative care
130
(18)
Jenny Forrest
Mark Napier
The last few days of life
148
(9)
James Gilbert
Terminal restlessness
157
(13)
Jo Cooper
Breaking bad news
170
(11)
Mezzi Franklin
Hearing the pain of the carer
181
(7)
Mandy Redgrove
Audrey Smyth
Spirituality and palliative care
188
(12)
Stephen Wright
Bereavement
200
(8)
Jenny Penson
Complementary therapies: a therapeutic model for palliative care
208
(17)
Lynn Basford
The special needs of the neurological patient
225
(14)
David Oliver
Useful contacts
239
(10)
Index
249
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