In this far-ranging textbook on palliative and end of life care, John Costello and a team of palliative care specialists take a patient-centred approach. Discussing palliative and end of life care across a range of diseases and illnesses, each chapter includes real-life case studies that focus on both the patient experience and the experiences of the family members of service users. Original in its approach to palliative and end of life care, Adult Palliative Care focuses on a range of non-cancer conditions. Thoughtfully balancing theory with practice, and interprofessional in its scope, Adult Palliative Care would benefit any health professional dealing with or working in the field of palliative and end of life care.
A topic relevant to everyone - friendship - is explored in this volume, the first in the SAGE Series on Close Relationships. It presents a thoughtful statement about what we know, and have yet to learn, concerning adults' friendships. The authors discuss state-of-the-art research on the interplay between social structure, individual disposition and dynamic processes of friendship, and findings on both similarities and differences across adult lifecourse stages. They provide a theoretical framework, incorporating both sociological and psychological perspectives. Using this framework, they offer a new and integrative model of friendship to synthesize research, identify gaps in the literature, scrutinize methods used and produce a map for future research.
Assessing the impact of parental drug use - a toolkit for practitioners
This toolkit is designed to support practitioners in their work with families where parents misuse drugs and there are concerns about the children's welfare. While focusing on drugs, it covers a wider pattern of misuse, including alcohol. It contains:summaries of key messages for practitionerstools and tips to support effective practicetraining ......
An Interdisciplinary Training Resource for Professionals - with Practice and Assessment Tools, Exercises and Pro Formas
Parental drug use can cause serious harm to children. Adult Drug Problems, Children's Needs supports practitioners in their work with families where parental drug use leads to concerns about children's welfare.
This text looks at the provision of day services for adults. Written by academics and practitioners, it is designed as a guide for policy makers, service managers and care professionals in all sectors of adult health and social care. Drawing out the complementary role of day centres alongside field social work, health care, domiciliary services ......
Developed to provide busy nurses with a proven method for rapidly learning and retaining new information, these sturdy flashcards deliver more than 500 exam-style Q&As with robust rationales to help critical care nurses prepare for their high-stakes certification or recertification exam.
Includes 6 months' free ExamPrepConnect Digital Access with print purchase!The second edition of Adult CCRN (R) Certification Review is designed to help you prepare for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN (R)) certification exam. This comprehensive print + digital resource has been completely revised to include current, concise ......
