Living Well and Dying Faithfully explores how Christian practices love, prayer, lament, compassion, and so on can contribute to the process of dying well. Working on the premise that one dies the way one lives, the book is unique in its constructive dialogue between theology and medicine as offering two complementary modes of care.
A trusted, updated guide to understanding chronic pain and reclaiming your quality of life. Confronting Chronic Pain is a clear, compassionate, and up-to-date guide to understanding and managing one of the most common and complex health challenges: long-term, persistent pain. Written by two leading pain specialists, this trusted resource distills ......
A trusted, updated guide to understanding chronic pain and reclaiming your quality of life. Confronting Chronic Pain is a clear, compassionate, and up-to-date guide to understanding and managing one of the most common and complex health challenges: long-term, persistent pain. Written by two leading pain specialists, this trusted resource distills ......
A Guide to Palliative Care for Mind, Body, and Spirit
A practical guide for understanding how palliative care can improve quality of life for patients and their caregivers. Robin Bennett Kanarek was a registered nurse working with patients suffering from chronic medical conditions when her ten-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. As her son endured grueling treatments, Robin realized how ......
'In Medicine as a Human Science Dr Norelle Lickiss explores the telos of medicine and the vocation of its practitioners. It is a small collection of essays written in elegantly simple prose but profound in its impact. Dr Lickiss's ecological conception of medical practice presents the doctor-patient relationship based on ......
This must-have study guide for nurses seeking to obtain Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse status provides state-of-the-art information about all aspects of this specialty. It features 300 Q&As that offer a detailed rationale for each question, along with tips and strategies to promote exam mastery and frequently asked questions about the ......
A Guide for Nurses, Physicians, and Other Health Professionals
The first resource of its kind, this authoritative handbook holistically addresses the multidimensional aspects of perinatal and neonatal palliative care. Written by an interprofessional team of renowned specialists, it is both a text and evidence-based reference for all members of the palliative care team.
Hospice is the dominant form of end-of-life care in the United States. But while the US hospice system provides many forms of treatment that are beneficial to dying people and their families, it does not encompass what is commonly referred to as long-term care, which includes help with the activities of daily living: feeding, bathing, general ......