Aging:
Decisions at the End of Life by David N. Weisstub, David C.Blishers Thomasma, Serge Gauthier, George
F. Tomossy
Hardcover from Kluwer Academic Publishers
The
Needs of the Dying : A Guide For Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's
Final Chapter by David Kessler
In gentle, compassionate language, The Needs of the Dying helps us
through the last chapter of our lives. The need to be treated as a living
human being, the need for hope, the need to express emotions, the need
to participate in care, the need for honesty, the need for spirituality,
and the need to be free of physical pain. Examining the physical and emotional
experiences of life-challenging illnesses, Kessler provides a vocabulary
for communication with doctors, with hospital staff, and with each other,
and-at a time when the right words are exceedingly difficult to find-he
helps readers find a way to say what is important.
Paperback from Quill
Hospice
and Palliative Care Handbook: Quality, Compliance, and Reimbursement by Tina M. Marrelli, Fred F. Ferri
Book Description: HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE HANDBOOK: Quality, Compliance, And Reimbursement
includes everything hospice and palliative care providers need to know.
For each of the hospice-related clinical problems presented, the handbook
offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9
(diagnostic) codes, NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses, service skills, including
the skills of the interdisciplinary hospice care team, outcomes and goals,
and specific tips for reimbursement and quality. This compact, easy-to-use
handbook is the only guide that offers clinicians complete coverage of
all hospice-related conditions with practical and specific guidance for
hospice care and documentation. It takes the guesswork out of hospice goals,
interventions, and outcomes.
Spiral-bound from Mosby
Approaching
Death: Improving Care at the End of Life by Christine K. Cassel, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Care
at the End of Life, Marilyn J. Field, Institute of Medicine, In Committee
On Care At The
Hardcover from National Academy Press
Textbook
of Palliative Nursing by Betty R. Ferrell, Nessa Coyle
Synopsis
A resourse for nurses working in the emerging field of palliative care.
Incorporating principles of palliative care throughout the course of a
chronic progressive incurable disease rather than only at the end of life,
the volume's scope is broad. The content, contributed by over 80 national
and international nursing experts, and divided into 16 parts and 61 chapters,
covers the world of palliative care nursing across all settings. The needs
of special populations are addressed, including paediatric patients, the
elderly, the cognitively impared, the poor and under-served, homeless,
and those with AIDS. Clinical assesment, symptom management, spirituality,
the meaning of hope at the end of life, issues of truth telling, ethics
and research are just some of the areas that are covered in the text.
Hardcover from Oxford Press
