Palliativ medicin

Palliativ vård är en helhetsvård för svårt sjuka och döende.De fyra palliativa "hörnstenarna" beskrivs i boken: symtomkontroll i vid bemärkelse, kommunikation och relation, teamarbete och närståendestöd. Varje kapitel innehåller fallbesk...

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Vad är ett gott liv nära döden och hur kan ett sådant främjas? Många olika synsätt existerar sida vid sida och det finns inte enbart ett enkelt svar. För att fånga den enskilda personens behov krävs ett personcentrerat förhållningssätt där patient...

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Hur kan vi tänka när vi möter obotligt sjuka och döende patienter? Vad kan vi göra för att lindra lidandet så effektivt som möjligt? Hur kan vi avväga fördelar och nackdelar så att vi hittar den optimala behandlingen för just den här specifika pat...

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Människor som blir obotligt sjuka upplever oftast en existentiell kris. Som personal i vården kan det då vara svårt att veta hur man bäst kan ge stöd åt dessa patienter. När döden utmanar livet ger ...

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Fokus i denna bok är det tvärprofessionella teamarbetet inom palliativ vård. Författarna går igenom den palliativa vårdens fyra hörnstenar: symtomkontroll, kommunikation, teamarbete och närståendestöd. Syftet är att bidra till kunskap och stöd för...

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Döden är i högsta grad en naturlig del av livet och angår oss alla, ändå är döden och döendet ett känsligt och svårt ämne, något oundvikligt som man gärna undviker ... Att Möta Döden med Tillit och Hopp - Forskning i Medvetandets Gränsland - den s...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset Sunday Times Illuminating and beautiful Cathy Rentzenbrink What if everything you thought you knew about death was wrong? How should we prepare for the facts of d...

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Written by an established, comprehensive, multidisciplinary focused, internationally-recognized team, the sixth edition has been fully revised and brought up to date with the inclusion of recent developments in the speciality, to ensure that it re...

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This book has been written for those who must work with and give care to the dying. Our discussion is not simple narrative or description; it is a "rendition of reality," informed by a rather densely woven and fairly abstract theoretical...

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The first few months as a trainee anaesthetist are a daunting prospect, filled with new information, skills and terminology. This concise reference, now in its fifth edition, provides doctors with a clear introduction to the practice. Fully update...

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Physicians who care for patients with life-threatening illnesses face daunting communication challenges. Patients and family members can react to difficult news with sadness, distress, anger, or denial. This book defines the specific communication...

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Christopher Kerr is a hospice doctor. All of his patients die. Yet he has tended thousands of patients who, in the face of death, speak of love, meaning and grace. They reveal that there is hope beyond cure as they transition to focus on personal ...

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Education of healthcare professionals is the cornerstone of specialist palliative services. This book is a practical toolbox of teaching techniques. Accessible, practical and easy to use it will encourage busy clinicians to teach by increasing the...

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Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it...

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Fully revised according to up-to-date clinical guidance, this second edition provides a practical, accessible guide to emergency situations encountered in the practice of supportive and palliative care. Designed for rapid use, it addresses the imm...

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This book considers death and loss within Chinese Medicine and related Taoist models, and offers practical advice and techniques, effective recommendations and appropriate exercises for those working in palliative care, with grieving, frail or dyi...

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This book explores the concept of relational care, what it feels like for older people and for carers, why it makes life happier and how those involved in residential or community care can make it work. Relational care is gaining traction as its b...

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This book brings together music therapists who have worked in the challenging and rewarding world of children's palliative care. Examining techniques from working just with the breath, to technological advances in music therapy such as assist...

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ICU doctor Blair Bigham shares his first-hand experiences of how medicine has complicated the way we die and offers a road map for dying in the modern era.

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The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the nature of death, life, and the continuity of consciousness. Cases of remarkable experiences on the threshold of death have been reported since ancient t...

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"Warraich's elegant and poignant book takes us on an unforgettable journey....He succeeds in humanizing a complex topic." -Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gene There is no more universal truth in life than ...

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Powerful, humane and wise JULIA SAMUEL Everyone should read it NIGELLA LAWSON Beautiful This is a book for everyone. You feel held by it PHILIPPA PERRY Most of us have a conversation were avoiding. From the bestselling author of With the End in Mi...

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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 ex...

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Att möta vuxna närstående i sorgens tidI livets slutskede sker ofta starka möten och viktiga samtal. Denna bok innehåller ett brett urval av konkreta fallbeskrivningar utan avkall på sekretess och etik. Arenan är palliativ vård där frågorna om liv...

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Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an invaluable, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on the general ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, this well-established and handy reference guide text assumes no prior kn...

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The philosophy of palliative care has long remained undisputed by health care professionals and philosophers. This unique book reviews the ethical problems inherent within care of the terminally ill. It suggests a new philosophy statement that cou...

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Accomplished physician and researcher Dr. Lewis Cohen writes the untold story of two Massachusetts nurses, their struggles with end of life care, and how they were accused of murdering a patient. Captivating and powerful, No Good Deed explores wha...

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality,  authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. From one of the worlds leading medical journals come...

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Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology serves as a practical tool and rapid reference to assist radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care with common palliative care issues. Containing the most recent advances in tr...

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