Palliative nursing
Subtitle: improving end-of-life care
By: edited by Shaun Kinghorn, Sandra Gaines.
Contributors: Kinghorn, Shaun.; Gaines, Sandra.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780702028168
Subjects: Palliative treatment; Terminal care; Nursing; Nursing Care -- psychology; Palliative Care -- psychology; Empathy; Nurse-Patient Relations; Terminal Care -- psychology
Notes: Prev. ed: Palliative nursing: bringing comfort and hope / edited by Shaun Kinghorn, Richard Gamlin. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Strategic and global issues in palliative care / Elizabeth Travers and David Mitchell; title: Managing symptoms: what can nurses do?: a principle-based approach / Alison Connor and Michelle Muir; title: Pain control / Keith Farrer; title: Promoting comfort through radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery / Phillipa Green and James Youll; title: Making sense of spiritual care / David Mitchell and Tom Gordon; title: Psychosocial dimensions / Robert Becker; title: Communication in advanced illness: challenges and opportunities / Shaun Kinghorn, Sandra Gaines, and Gill Satterley; title: Facilitating hope in palliative care / Rosemary McIntyre and Jackie Chaplin; title: Supporting the family facing loss and grief / Janet Brown and Graham Farley; title: Evidence-based palliative care / Shaun Kinghorn, Kevin Donaghy, and Jacqueline Howard; title: Choice at the end of life: ethics and palliative care / Simon Chippendale; title: The  Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying patient / Anita Roberts and Maureen Gambles; title: Sexuality in palliative care: the problems and prospects / Valarie Forster; title: Complementary therapies / Pippa Lovell ... [et al.]; title: The changing face of nursing in palliative care / Audrey Rowe; title: Looking after yourself / Fiona Setch.