Palliative Care Nursing principles and evidence for practice

by Payne, Sheila; Seymour, Jane; Ingleton, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780335221813
• ISBN10: 0335221815
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

"It has been a true pleasure to have had the opportunity to peruse the second edition ofPalliative Care Nursing.... This book, authored predominately by UK-based experts, succeeds in presenting sophisticated thoughts in readily accessible language... Each chapter begins with a summary of key points, with both classic and new relevant literature well integrated into the text. I have also been particularly impressed with the editors' final chapter, in which they synthesize a number of crucial issues for the future development of palliative care... this second edition makes a significant contribution to both the palliative care literature as well as to nursing literature." Carol Tishelman, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden"I findPalliative Care Nursinga very attractive book for nurses but also for other disciplines to learn about nursing and to learn about palliative care. The book is voluminous, informative and educationally well constructed. Frameworks and models in this book will give nurses the opportunity to make up their own process to offer support and be a carer for the incurably ill person and his/her family as a skilled companion.... This book gives the possibility for nurses to spread one clear voice about palliative care nursing. Congratulations to all the authors...." Martine De Vlieger, Palliatieve Hulpverlening Antwerpen v.z.w., University of Antwerp, Belgium"This book should be compulsory reading for nurses and other health care workers who are involved in the care of people in the final stages of life. It provides a comprehensive account of the major issues (clinical, professional, sociological and political) that confront contemporary palliative care while also offering strategies to move forward. The 'real world' of palliative care is described and critiqued and the rhetoric is dispensed with. This book is a vital resource for nursing practice, learning and teaching." Associate Professor, Peter Hudson (RN, PhD). Director of the Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education, St Vincent's Hospital and The University of Melbourne, Australia.The second edition of this innovative textbook has been extensively revised and updated to reflect new global developments in palliative care. This textbook reviews current research and examines the evidence base for palliative care policy and practice. Over a third of the chapters are newly commissioned from leading international contributors.Building on the widely acclaimed original edition, the textbook focuses on palliative care for adults in a variety of care environments. 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 How families and friends deal with bereavement and loss The final section addresses contemporary issues in nursing and inter-professional working.The book is written with helpful overviews and in an informative and reader-friendly style. There are numerous examples of clinical situations and research studies which are examined in depth to illustrate debates in palliative care. The textbook spans the range of end-of-life contexts which are of relevance to practitioners, educationalists and researchers.Palliative Care Nursingis essential reading for post-qualification nursing students and all nurses and health and social care professionals who provide care to people with advanced illness and those who are near the end of life. This broad ranging critical text will be invaluable to students and practitioners working with people and their families near the end of life.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword Philip Larkin

Introduction

Encountering Illness

Encountering Illness - Overview

History and culture in the rise of palliative care

Involving or using? User involvement in palliative care

Referral patterns and access to specialist care

Dying: places and preferences

An uncertain journey âÇô coping with transitions, survival and recurrence Margaret OâÇÖConnor

Communication: patient and family

Clinical assessment and measurement

Adapting complementary therapies for palliative care

Transitions into the terminal phase

Transitions into the terminal phase - Overview

Good for the soul? The spiritual dimension of hospice and palliative care

Working with difficult symptoms

Pain: theories, evaluation and management

Balancing feelings and cognitions

Psychiatric aspects of palliative care

Working with family caregivers in a palliative care setting

Personhood and identity in palliative care

No way in: including disadvantaged population and patients at the end of life

Treatment decisions at the end of life âÇô a conceptual framework

Palliative care in institutions

Loss and bereavement

Loss and bereavement - Overview

Nursing care at the time of death

The care and support of bereaved people

Risk assessment and adult bereavement services

Bereavement support services

Helping children and families facing bereavement in palliative care settings

Contemporary issues

Contemporary issues - Overview

Professional boundaries in palliative care

The cost of caring âÇô surviving the culture of niceness, occupational stress and coping strategies Sanchia Aranda

Education and scholarship in palliative care: a European nursing perspective

Information and communications technology (ICT) in palliative care

Research in palliative care

Practice Development in Palliative Care

Policy and palliative care

Palliative care in resource-poor countries

Conclusion

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