Search Results - "palliative care"

Making health care whole integrating spirituality into patient care / by Puchalski, Christina M.

Table of Contents: “…Why spirituality in palliative care -- Guidelines/preferred practices for spiritual care -- Spirituality : defining the concept -- Background : historical context of spirituality in palliative care -- Professional standards for spiritual care -- Spiritual care models -- Spiritual history taking and assessment of patients and families -- The spiritual treatment or care plan -- Interprofessional considerations : roles and team functioning -- Training and certification -- Personal and professional development -- Quality improvement.…”
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Making health care whole integrating spirituality into patient care / by Puchalski, Christina M.

Table of Contents: “…Why spirituality in palliative care -- Guidelines/preferred practices for spiritual care -- Spirituality : defining the concept -- Background : historical context of spirituality in palliative care -- Professional standards for spiritual care -- Spiritual care models -- Spiritual history taking and assessment of patients and families -- The spiritual treatment or care plan -- Interprofessional considerations : roles and team functioning -- Training and certification -- Personal and professional development -- Quality improvement.…”
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How to manage pain in the elderly by D'Arcy, Yvonne M.

Table of Contents: “…The aging of America : the problem of pain in older adults -- Pain assessment in the older patient -- Pain medication management for older adults -- Complementary methods for pain relief -- Acute pain management -- Chronic pain management -- Interventional pain management for older patients -- Palliative care.…”
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How to manage pain in the elderly by D'Arcy, Yvonne M.

Table of Contents: “…The aging of America : the problem of pain in older adults -- Pain assessment in the older patient -- Pain medication management for older adults -- Complementary methods for pain relief -- Acute pain management -- Chronic pain management -- Interventional pain management for older patients -- Palliative care.…”
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Principles and practice of managing pain a guide for nurses and allied health professionals / by Parsons, Gareth

Table of Contents: “…Pain management in palliative care / by Maria Parry,.…”
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Principles and practice of managing pain a guide for nurses and allied health professionals / by Parsons, Gareth

Table of Contents: “…Pain management in palliative care / by Maria Parry,.…”
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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for cancer gently turning towards / by Bartley, Trish

Table of Contents: “…Stuart -- The first circle : cancer : the circle of suffering -- Starting out -- The eight week course -- The second circle : mindfulness awareness : the circle of practice -- The practices -- Mindfulness in palliative care / Ursula Bates -- Beyond the eight week course -- The third circle : being : the circle of presence -- Introducing the teacher -- Embodying the practice -- Facilitating the learning -- The three circles : mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for cancer / Trish Bartley and Ursula Bates.…”
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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for cancer gently turning towards / by Bartley, Trish

Table of Contents: “…Stuart -- The first circle : cancer : the circle of suffering -- Starting out -- The eight week course -- The second circle : mindfulness awareness : the circle of practice -- The practices -- Mindfulness in palliative care / Ursula Bates -- Beyond the eight week course -- The third circle : being : the circle of presence -- Introducing the teacher -- Embodying the practice -- Facilitating the learning -- The three circles : mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for cancer / Trish Bartley and Ursula Bates.…”
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Health, the individual, and integrated medicine revisiting an aesthetic of health care / by Aldridge, David, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Making and taking health care decisions -- Lifestyle, charismatic ideology and a praxis aesthetic -- The clinical assessment of acupuncture for asthma -- Of ethics and education: strategies for curriculum development -- Aesthetics and the individual in the practice of medical research -- Clinical research, the individual patient, and the limits of randomized controlled trials -- A community approach to cancer in families -- Music therapy references relating to cancer and palliative care -- Music therapy and spirituality: a transcendental understanding of suffering -- Prayer and spiritual healing in medical settings -- A qualitative research perspective on healing -- The breath in healing -- Music therapy and neurological rehabilitation: recognition and the performed body in an ecological niche -- Guidelines for clinical research.…”
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Health, the individual, and integrated medicine revisiting an aesthetic of health care / by Aldridge, David, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Making and taking health care decisions -- Lifestyle, charismatic ideology and a praxis aesthetic -- The clinical assessment of acupuncture for asthma -- Of ethics and education: strategies for curriculum development -- Aesthetics and the individual in the practice of medical research -- Clinical research, the individual patient, and the limits of randomized controlled trials -- A community approach to cancer in families -- Music therapy references relating to cancer and palliative care -- Music therapy and spirituality: a transcendental understanding of suffering -- Prayer and spiritual healing in medical settings -- A qualitative research perspective on healing -- The breath in healing -- Music therapy and neurological rehabilitation: recognition and the performed body in an ecological niche -- Guidelines for clinical research.…”
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Improving care for the end of life a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: continuous quality improvement for better end-of-life care -- How to make improvement happen -- Preventing, assessing and treating pain -- Managing dyspnea and ventilator withdrawal -- Beyond the living will: advance care planning for all stages of health and disease -- Supporting people in difficult times: relationships, spirituality, and bereavement -- Continuity of care: improving transitions, continuity, and coordination of care in the health care system -- Caring for caregivers: helping staff to provide good care -- Hospital-based palliative care consults and units -- Law , policy, and finance -- Alzheimer's and other dementias: opportunities to honor life -- Opportunites to improve care for cancer patients -- Offering end-of-life services to patients with advanced heart or lung failure -- Depression and delirium -- Conclusion: getting started.…”
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Nutrition and cancer

Table of Contents: “…Elizabeth Weekes -- The psychosocial influences of food choices made by cancer patients / Lucy Eldridge -- Nutritional support for the cancer patient / Clare Shaw and Jane Power -- Late effects of cancer treatment in adult patients / Jervoise Andreyev -- Nutrition and palliative care / Clare Shaw -- Head and neck cancer / Bella Talwar -- Nutrition in upper gastrointestinal cancer / Saira Chowdhury and Orla Hynes -- Cancers of the lower gastrointestinal tract / Jane Power -- Nutritional implications of gynaecological cancer / Mhairi Donald -- Haemato-oncology / Gayle Black -- Paediatric oncology / Evelyn Ward -- Nutrition and breast cancer / Barbara Parry -- Nutritional management in prostate cancer / Kathryn Parr -- Lung cancer / Cherry Vickery.…”
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Improving care for the end of life a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: continuous quality improvement for better end-of-life care -- How to make improvement happen -- Preventing, assessing and treating pain -- Managing dyspnea and ventilator withdrawal -- Beyond the living will: advance care planning for all stages of health and disease -- Supporting people in difficult times: relationships, spirituality, and bereavement -- Continuity of care: improving transitions, continuity, and coordination of care in the health care system -- Caring for caregivers: helping staff to provide good care -- Hospital-based palliative care consults and units -- Law , policy, and finance -- Alzheimer's and other dementias: opportunities to honor life -- Opportunites to improve care for cancer patients -- Offering end-of-life services to patients with advanced heart or lung failure -- Depression and delirium -- Conclusion: getting started.…”
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Nutrition and cancer

Table of Contents: “…Elizabeth Weekes -- The psychosocial influences of food choices made by cancer patients / Lucy Eldridge -- Nutritional support for the cancer patient / Clare Shaw and Jane Power -- Late effects of cancer treatment in adult patients / Jervoise Andreyev -- Nutrition and palliative care / Clare Shaw -- Head and neck cancer / Bella Talwar -- Nutrition in upper gastrointestinal cancer / Saira Chowdhury and Orla Hynes -- Cancers of the lower gastrointestinal tract / Jane Power -- Nutritional implications of gynaecological cancer / Mhairi Donald -- Haemato-oncology / Gayle Black -- Paediatric oncology / Evelyn Ward -- Nutrition and breast cancer / Barbara Parry -- Nutritional management in prostate cancer / Kathryn Parr -- Lung cancer / Cherry Vickery.…”
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Colorectal cancer risk, diagnosis and treatments /

Table of Contents: “…Mullamitha, J.W. Valle -- Palliative care of colorectal cancer / Carlos Eduardo Paiva ... …”
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Colorectal cancer risk, diagnosis and treatments /

Table of Contents: “…Mullamitha, J.W. Valle -- Palliative care of colorectal cancer / Carlos Eduardo Paiva ... …”
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Nursing excellence for children and families

Table of Contents: “…Igoe -- Care for children and youth with disabilities or special health care needs / Wendy M. Nehring -- Palliative care for children and families / Margaret M. …”
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Compact clinical guide to geriatric pain management an evidence-based approach for nurses / by Quinlan-Colwell, Ann

Table of Contents: “…Physiological factors and pain processing in the older adult -- The psychosocial impact of pain on the older adult patient -- Pain assessment in the older adult patient -- Pain assessment in the non-verbal, cognitively impaired older adult patient -- A review of pain assessment tools for use with the older adult -- Developing a comprehensive plan -- Choosing the right medication for the pain complaint -- Using adjunct medications for specific pain types -- Managing medication side effects and specific recommendations for using medications with older patients -- Interventional options such as vertebroplasty for compression fractures, nerve blocks, acupuncture -- Complementary methods for pain relief such as cognitive behavioral methods, energy techniques, music -- The role of physical therapy for reconditioning -- Palliative care techniques to promote comfort -- When hospice is the best option -- Arthritis and gout -- Chronic back pain and osteoporosis -- Neuropathic pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy -- Central post stoke syndrome -- Facial pain associated with temporal arteritis and trigeminal neuralgia -- Rheumatological conditions (RA, polymyalgia rheumatica) -- Fibromyalgia -- Anxiety and depression in older adults -- Alcohol and substance use, misuse, and abuse.…”
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ABC of kidney disease

Table of Contents: “…Diagnostic tests in chronic kidney disease / Behdad Afzali, Satish Jayawardene,David Goldsmith -- Acute kidney injury / Rachel Hilton -- Chronic kidney disease and its complications / David Goldsmith, Satish Jayawardene, Penny Ackland -- Pre-dialysis clinics : preparing for end stage renal disease / Eleri Wood, Irene Hadjimichael, Katie Vinen -- Anaemia management in chronic kidney disease / Penny Ackland -- Urinary tract infections, renal stones, renal cysts and tumours and pregnancy in chronic kidney disease / David Goldsmith -- Adult nephrotic syndrome / Richard Hull, Sean Gallagher, David Goldsmith -- Renal artery stenosis / Philip Kalra, Satish Jayawardene, David Goldsmith -- Palliative care for patients with chronic kidney disease / Frances Coldstream, Neil S. …”
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The M.D. Anderson surgical oncology handbook /

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