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Palliative Nursing: Across the Spectrum of Care

Elaine Stevens (Editor), Susan Jackson (Editor), Stuart Milligan (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6997-4
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352 pages
April 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface.

Contributors.

Introduction.

PART 1 – ADULT PALLIATIVE CARE.

SECTION 1 – HISTORY AND ETHOS OF PALLIATIVE CARE.

1. The History of Palliative Care.

2. Definitions and Aims of Palliative Care.

3. Providing Palliative Care for Marginalised and Disenfranchised People.

SECTION 2 – PALLIATIVE NURSING CARE ACROSS CARE SETTINGS.

4. Palliative Nursing Care in the Acute Hospital.

5. Palliative Nursing Care in the Community.

6. Palliative Nursing Care in Nursing and Residential Care Homes.

7. Palliative Nursing Care in Hospices.

SECTION 3 – PALLIATIVE NURSING CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIC ILLNESSES.

8. Palliative Nursing Care in Heart Failure.

9. Palliative Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

10. Palliative Care for People Who Have a Dementia.

11. Palliative Nursing Care in Other Neurological Conditions.

11.1 – Huntington’s Disease.

11.2 – Motor Neurone Disease.

11.3 – Multiple Sclerosis.

11.4 – Parkinson’s Disease.

12. Palliative Care for People in End Stage Renal Disease.

13. Palliative Care Issues for People with Cancer.

14. Palliative Care for People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Imunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

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PART 2 – PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

15. The History and Ethos of Palliative Care for Children and Young People.

16. Challenges of Paediatric Palliative Care in The Hospital Setting.

17. Children’s Palliative Care in the Hospice and the Community.

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PART 3 – EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

18. Palliative Nursing Education and Continuing Professional Development.

19. Palliative Care Research.

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