Published October, 2013
By Catherine Proot and Michael Yorke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Life to be Lived examines the process of adjustment that patients and their families go through when they face the end of life. Personal research and case-based examples provide a candid look at the challenges from dealing with options from symptom and pain control to adjusting to the psychosocial implications of being ill.

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Published October, 2013
By David Schenck, Larry R. Churchill and Joseph B. Fanning
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Healthcare ethics has been dominated by the voices of professionals. This book listens to the voices of patients and argues that patients' perceptions should form the core ethical obligations and insights for "good care." This is the ethical meaning of "patient-centered care."

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Published September, 2013
By J. Eric Ahlskog, J.Eric Ahlskog and Dr. J. Eric Ahlskog
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Dementia implies impaired thinking and memory, which develops in most people with Parkinson's disease if they live long enough. A closely related condition is Dementia with Lewy Bodies, which is the second leading cause of dementia. This book addresses these Lewy body conditions, with descriptions of diagnosis, symptoms, and current scientific understanding.

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Published August, 2013
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 July, 2013
By Nancy Berlinger, Bruce Jennings and Susan M. Wolf
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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The Hastings Center's 1987 Guidelines shaped the ethical and legal framework for treatment decision-making and end-of-life care in the U.S. This updated edition offers comprehensive practical guidance to professionals caring for seriously ill adults and children. It is a resource for clinical ethicists, ethics committees, lawyers, administrators, educators, and policymakers.

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Published June, 2013
By Nancy Berlinger, Bruce Jennings and Susan M. Wolf
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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The Hastings Center's 1987 Guidelines shaped the ethical and legal framework for treatment decision-making and end-of-life care in the U.S. This updated edition offers comprehensive practical guidance to professionals caring for seriously ill adults and children. It is a resource for clinical ethicists, ethics committees, lawyers, administrators, educators, and policymakers.

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Published June, 2013
By E. Alessandra Strada
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford American Palliative Care Library
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This book in Palliative Care is an evidence-based handbook which helps palliative care clinicians identify risk factors and contributing variables to the development of pathological grief reactions, implement treatment plans that can adequately minimize the impact of risk factors, and provide professional and specific support to patients and families.

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Published June, 2013
By Paul L. DeSandre and Tammie E. Quest
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford American Palliative Care Library
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Palliative Care in the Emergency Care is a practical guide for the care of patients with advanced illness who present to the emergency department.

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Published June, 2013
By David Clark and Gara LaMarche
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Transforming the Culture of Dying assesses the establishment of the Project on Death in America and evaluates its the contributions to the development of the palliative care field and end of life care in American society.

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Published February, 2013
By Howard S. Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford American Pain Library
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Opioid Therapy in the 21st Century, Second Edition provides clinicians with up-to-date, evidence-based information about appropriate opioid use, including the potential benefits and adverse affects of the therapy.

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