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“wendy johnston”

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  • Palliative Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    From Diagnosis to Bereavement

    Edited by David Oliver, Gian Domenico Borasio, Wendy Johnston ...
    Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or motor neurone disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that can cause profound suffering for both the patient and their family. Whilst new treatments for ALS are being developed, these are not curative and offer only the potential to slow its progression. Palliative care must therefore be integral to the clinical approach to the disease. Palliative ... Read more

    $104.39 USD

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  • The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine

    by Eric J. Cassell ...
    This is a revised and expanded edtion of a classic in palliative medicine, originally published in 1991. With three added chapters and a new preface summarizing our progress in the area of pain management, this is a must-hve for those in palliative medicine and hospice care. The obligation of physicians to relieve human suffering stretches back into antiquity. But what exactly, is suffering? One ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • A Practical Guide to Palliative Care in Paediatrics

    by Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service – Paediatric Palliative Care Service ...
    This ebook is a practical guide to all of the issues relating to the care of a child or young person with a life limiting condition. It aims to empower clinicians to care for children at home or as close to home as possible. It is a national resource and a major contribution towards supporting dying children and their families to have the best quality of life. Sections include psychosocial ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oxford Handbook of Oncology

    Edited by Jim Cassidy, Donald Bissett, Roy A. J. Spence OBE, Gareth Morris-Stiff, Miranda Payne ...
    Series series Oxford Medical Handbooks
    Now fully revised and in its fourth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Oncology has been the essential go-to guide for students and practitioners in oncology for over a decade. The scientific basis and diagnosis of cancers is covered, as well as drugs, biomarkers, and the presentation and psychosocial aspects of oncology. Concise, practical, and comprehensive, there is no better companion for both ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Compassion

    The Essence of Palliative and End-of-Life Care

    by Philip J. Larkin ...
    Since the efforts of Dame Cicely Saunders and the founders of the modern hospice movement, compassion has become a fundamental part of palliative care. In this ground-breaking book, international experts give their critical thoughts on the essence and role of compassion, in both palliative and hospice care over the past half-century. Compassion: The essence of palliative and end-of-life care ... Read more

    $45.89 USD

  • Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain

    A Practical Guide for Clinicians

    by Sridhar Vasudevan ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    "This book is a 'must have' resource in every physician/clinician practice setting."--Martin Grabois, M.D., Professor of PM&R, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,TX.Dr. Vasudevan draws upon an accumulated reservoir of clinical expertise to provide readers with an up-to-date and highly readable guide to multidisciplinary pain management. . . . If only this book was available years ago"--Francis J. ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement

    by Edwina A. Brown, Fliss E. M. Murtagh, Emma Murphy ...
    Series series Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care
    Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life. The book describes the tools used to achieve a good death including advance care planning, symptom control law and ethics, recognizing dying, withdrawal of treatment, and a holistic approach to patient ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Heart Failure

    From Advanced Disease to Bereavement

    by Miriam Johnson, Karen Hogg, James Beattie ...
    Series series Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care
    Excellent end of life care for people with heart failure is challenging but possible. Failure to address this aspect of care has serious consequences for patients, their families, clinicians and the use of health resources. Heart Failure: From Advanced Disease to Bereavement illustrates the complexity and importance of end of life care for patients with advanced heart failure. This book is a ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Basics of Acupuncture

    by Gabriel Stux, Petra Kofen, Bruce Pomeranz ...
    Translated by K.A. Sahm ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Following an introduction to the philosophical and theoretical background oftraditional Chinese medicine, the diagnostic system of acupuncture is presented. The Chinese system of channels and functional organs and the significance of the points are described. The 14 main channels with the most important acupuncture points for daily practice are presented with didactic emphasis on morphology and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Life to be lived

    Challenges and choices for patients and carers in life-threatening illnesses

    by Catherine Proot, Michael Yorke ...
    How do people face life-limiting illness and death? This challenging question is discussed in-depth in Life to be Lived by looking at the feelings, hopes, fears and stresses associated with life-threatening illnesses, often experienced by patients and their carers. Drawn from research, clinical, and pastoral experiences, the authors examine the process of adjustment that patients and their ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Living with Ageing and Dying

    Palliative and End of Life Care for Older People

    Edited by Merryn Gott, Christine Ingleton ...
    Ageing populations mean that palliative and end of life care for older people must assume greater priority. Indeed, there is an urgent need to improve the experiences of older people at the end of life, given that they have been identified as the 'disadvantaged dying'. To date, models of care are underpinned by the ideals of specialist palliative care which were developed to meet the needs of ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Internal Medicine Issues in Palliative Cancer Care

    Edited by David Hui, Eduardo Bruera ...
    Patients with advanced cancer may develop a number of clinical complications related to tumor progression or a variety of aggressive treatments. The majority of these patients are elderly, often with multiple co-morbidities that require appropriate assessment and management. In the palliative stage of their disease, patients undergo a progressive transition from active acute care to community ... Read more

    $53.09 USD