Published February, 2017
By Susie Wilkinson, Carma L. Bylund, David W. Kissane, Phyllis N. Butow, Barry D. Bultz and Simon Noble
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Textbooks In Palliative Medicine
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Communication is a core skill for medical professionals when treating patients. Cancer and palliative care present some of the most challenging clinical situations. This book provides evidence-based guidelines alongside case examples, tips, and strategies to achieve effective, patient-centred communication.

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Published January, 2017
By David Reiss and Robert E. Cole
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Published January, 2017
By Monica S Krishnan, Margarita Racsa and Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Published December, 2016
By Sigrid Sterckx, Kasper Raus and Freddy Mortier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Bioethics and Law
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Continuous sedation is becoming increasingly common in end-of-life care. It raises many concerns, though, especially regarding reducing or removing consciousness, withholding hydration and whether it amounts to 'slow euthanasia'. In this book, ethicists, clinicians and lawyers address these concerns and discuss various justifications and guidelines for the practice.

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Published November, 2016
By James C. Pace and Dorothy Wholihan
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier - Health Sciences Division)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Published November, 2016
By Stuart J. Youngner and Robert M. Arnold
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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This handbook explores the topic of death and dying from the late twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries, with particular emphasis on the United States. The chapters examine a range of ethical topics related to death, dying, palliative care and decision-making at the end of life.

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Published November, 2016
By Bernd Alt-Epping and Friedemann Nauck
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Palliative Care in Oncology will be of particular interest to palliative care physicians who are interested in broadening the scope of their disease-specific knowledge, as well as to oncologists who wish to learn more about modern palliative care concepts relevant to their day-to-day work with cancer patients.

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Published October, 2016
By William DeLong MDiv
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Published October, 2016
By Patricia Villani and Patricia J. Villani
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Published October, 2016
By David Clark
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: Oxford Medical Histories
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Covers the rise of clinical studies, academic programmes and international collaborations to promote palliative care. It examines the continuing need to provide evidence in support of development and assesses the dilemmas of unequal access to services and pain relieving drugs.

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