Terminalvård

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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Vi kommer alla någon dag att dö. Med tiden kommer vi att konfronteras med familjemedlemmars, vänners, grannars och kollegors död. I den här boken berättar Mikaela Luthman, överläkare vid Stockholms Sjukhem med många års erfarenhet av palliativ vår...

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Ökad kunskap och rätt verktyg för en värdig tid i livets slutskede Demenssjukdom är ett obotligt, fortskridande tillstånd som förr eller senare leder till döden. Genom ökad kunskap och rätt verktyg hos personalen kan både den som är sjuk och närst...

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I ett palliativt sammanhang, nära livets slut, utmanas och hotas den trygga vardagen. Det blir särskilt viktigt att bevara och trygga delar av vardagen, både för den som ska lämna och för dem som stannar kvar. Med avstamp i vardagen, den vanliga l...

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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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En faktadel som tar upp döendes, närståendes, vårdgivares och själavårdares/lyssnares svårigheter och visar möjligheter att hantera de aktuella problemen, hur förståelse för patientens olika utmaningar kan stärkas och stöd ges till vårdgivares och...

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Jennifer Worth's bestselling memoirs of her time as a midwife have inspired and moved readers of all ages. Now, in In the Midst of Life she documents her experiences as a nurse and ward sister, treating patients who were nearing the end of their l...

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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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A visit to a physician these days is cold: physicians spend most of their time typing at computers, making minimal eye contact. Appointments generally last only a few minutes, with scarce time for the doctor to connect to a patient's story, or exp...

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LIVETS SLUT - vare sig det gäller mig själv eller någon närstående - är något som vi alla ställs inför, förr eller senare. Kanske känns tanken på att det jordiska livet en gång ska ta slut fjärran eller ofattbar. Bokens syfte är att öka kunskapen ...

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Döden angår oss alla. Ingen vet i förväg när och hur vi kommer att dö. Däremot vet vi att ingen vill gå en plågsam död till mötes. Den allra sista tiden kan för en cancersjuk person bli plågsam och man kan då behöva hjälp med symtomlindring av ett...

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When clinicians communicate effectively, patients retain more information, have higher trust and a better quality of life. Such a patient-centred approach is the future of clinical care, and this book is an essential how-to guide on improving thes...

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Now fully revised and in its fourth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Oncology has been the essential go-to guide for students and practitioners in oncology for over a decade. The scientific basis and diagnosis of cancers is covered, as well as drug...

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ACT at the End is based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and while it has a grounding in research, it is also a hands-on clinical guide for those working with people at a tricky and complex time of life. This treatment...

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In this extraordinary book, Iona Heath draws on her experience as a general practitioner to select and comment on a collection of passages concerning death and dying, and to consider the essential nature of general practice. In Ways of Dying Heath...

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When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she is taking the first step on a challenging and confusing journey. For many, it is as if they are traveling alone to someplace entirely new, with only faded directions back to their old liv...

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Behavioral Intervention Research in Hospice and Palliative Care: Building an Evidence Base sets forth research considerations and guidelines to build evidence-based interventions to improve end-of-life care. It is an in-depth introduction to imple...

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Behavioral Intervention Research in Hospice and Palliative Care: Building an Evidence Base sets forth research considerations and guidelines to build evidence-based interventions to improve end-of-life care. It is an in-depth introduction to imple...

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Many emergency clinicians encounter a gap in knowledge and skills when presented with serious life-threatening illness, particularly in patients with advanced and terminal illness. Over the last decade, studies have shown that patients who receive...

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In the 21st century, people in the developed world are living longer. They hope they will have a healthy longer life and then die relatively quickly and peacefully. But frequently that does not happen. While people are living healthy a little long...

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In the 21st century, people in the developed world are living longer. They hope they will have a healthy longer life and then die relatively quickly and peacefully. But frequently that does not happen. While people are living healthy a little long...

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In the 21st century, people in the developed world are living longer. They hope they will have a healthy longer life and then die relatively quickly and peacefully. But frequently that does not happen. While people are living healthy a little long...

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Nell M. came to her therapist with an unusual problem. She was disappointed that her metastatic breast cancer was not progressing as predicted. She had hoped breast cancer would lead to death, preventing her from witnessing her spouse's mental det...

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Nell M. came to her therapist with an unusual problem. She was disappointed that her metastatic breast cancer was not progressing as predicted. She had hoped breast cancer would lead to death, preventing her from witnessing her spouse's mental det...

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Nell M. came to her therapist with an unusual problem. She was disappointed that her metastatic breast cancer was not progressing as predicted. She had hoped breast cancer would lead to death, preventing her from witnessing her spouse's mental det...

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The Textbook of Palliative Care Communication is the authoritative text on communication in palliative care, providing a compilation of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This volume was uniquely developed by an interdisciplinary ed...

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The Textbook of Palliative Care Communication is the authoritative text on communication in palliative care, providing a compilation of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This volume was uniquely developed by an interdisciplinary ed...

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