Published July, 2011
By Serife Eti Karakas
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Palliative care focuses on reducing the severity of disease symptoms in order to prevent and relieve suffering and to improve the quality of life for people facing serious, complex illness. This issue covers important topics in palliative care, such as prognosis, management of several end-stage diseases, and management of severe symptoms.

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Published June, 2011
By Joanne Lynn, Janice Lynch Schuster and Joan Harrold
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Handbook for Mortals is warmly addressed to all those who wish to approach the final years of life with greater awareness of what to expect and greater confidence about how to make the end of their lives a time of growth, comfort, and meaningful reflection.

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Published May, 2011
By Tom Dening and Alisoun Milne
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes. Care home residents are often very old, and many have multiple physical and mental health needs, meaning that their care poses particular challenges. This book offers a coherent and evidence-based text exploring these issues.

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Published May, 2011
By Christine Ingleton and Merryn Gott
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The philosophy and principles of palliative care should be available to all, not just those patients who are perceived as dying prematurely. This book brings together the disciplines of palliative care and gerontology to improve the end of life experiences of all older people.

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Published April, 2011
By Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green, Betty Ferrell and Russell Portenoy
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Textbooks In Palliative Medicine
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This text is the definitive resource for practicing palliative social work clinicians.

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Published March, 2011
By Irene Renzenbrink
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This unique collection of international perspectives on the complexities and management of caregiver stress and staff support extends the firm foundation Mary Vachon built over twenty years ago in her studies, and broadens the scope to include significant social, political and cultural variations on the theme.

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Published March, 2011
By Steve Conway
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Political, economic, social, cultural and technological changes have led to profound transformations in the ways that death and loss are perceived and managed in contemporary society. The issues raised by these proposed changes are thoroughly examined in this book, with the resulting theories and good practice discussed in full.

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Published March, 2011
By Joanne Wolfe, Pamela Hinds, Barbara Sourkes, Pamela S. Hinds and Barbara M. Sourkes
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
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Intends to inform interdisciplinary teams about palliative care of children with life-threatening illness. This title addresses domains such as language and communication, symptoms and quality of life, and the spectrum of life-threatening illnesses. It shows how a collaborative, interdisciplinary care strategy benefits patients and their families.

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Published March, 2011
By R. M. Stern, Kenneth L. Koch and Paul Andrews
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Published February, 2011
By Julian Hughes and Julian C. Hughes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry
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Dementia affects millions of people throughout the world. Thinking through Dementia offers a critique of the main models used to understand dementia-the biomedical, neuropsychological, and social constructionist. It discusses clinical issues and cases, together with philosophical work that might help us to better understand and treat this illness.

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