Primary Palliative Care: Dying, Death and Bereavement in the Community
Author:   Rodger Charlton ,  Kenneth C. Calman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   1st New edition
ISBN:  

9781857755732


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   31 August 1996
Format:   Paperback
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This book concisely covers the key issues affecting good palliative care in the community. It describes the essence of good palliative care and how to improve the care of the dying in the community with the aim of enabling more people to die where they would prefer at home. Focusing on practical communication skills that can be applied in everyday working practice it explores emotional problems that patients relatives close friends and professionals experience and the support they need. Primary Palliative Care will be invaluable to general practitioners and all healthcare professionals in primary care especially those working in hospices and nursing homes and associated professionals with roles in multidisciplinary palliative care teams such as social workers clergy therapists and volunteers.

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Author:   Rodger Charlton ,  Kenneth C. Calman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Edition:   1st New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 30.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781857755732


ISBN 10:   1857755731
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   31 August 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword. The development of palliative care within primary care. Clinical governance in palliative care. Communication with the dying and their loved ones. Pain control in palliative care. Symptoms other than pain and complementary therapies in palliative care. Out of hours and emergency palliative care. Palliative care of non-malignant conditions. Role of the PHCT in palliative care. Plight of the informal cancer. Spirituality and ethnicity. Ethics and the dying. Thinking about bereavement. Drawing up and applying a PDP in palliative care. Teamwork and education through Significant Event Audit and Practice Professional Development. A journey through cancer - views of a patient.

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'This book provides a practical series of ways in which the expertise of the team, and the individual member of the team can be improved.' Kenneth Calman, in the Foreword


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