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Palliative care in the acute hospital setting
A practical guide
Sara Booth, Polly Edmonds, and Margaret Kendall
184 pages
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3 black-and-white line drawings
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234x156mm
978-0-19-923892-7
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Paperback
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22 October 2009
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- Short, focussed chapters make it easy for the reader to find the information needed for any particular problem
- First book of this kind to discuss the non-clincial management aspects of palliative care
- Contains practical case-based problems and their practical solutions
Hospital palliative care teams have been established in rapidly increasing numbers over the last 20 years, as it has been recognised that hospices can never transfer the philosophy and practice of palliative care into the acute sector by simply existing; they often work as 'stand alone units' and remain outside mainstream medicine. However it has become apparent that improving access to palliative care for patients in acute hospitals is not as easy as employing external palliative care specialists as consultants. Even setting up a team of professionals who work solely in a hospital will often not improve the care of the great majority of patients
being treated there.
Based on the extensive experience and knowledge of three clinicians in the area who have developed palliative care services in acute settings, this book provides those facing the same challenges with practical guidance and down to earth advice on a range of problems they might encounter. Using a problem focused and practical approach, Palliative Care in the Acute Hospital Setting: a practical guide is filled with case-based problems to help readers identify realistic, usable, everyday solutions. It also covers the skills and knowledge needed to help teams make progress in the hospital as well as outlining the best training to help them continue to flourish.
Written in an accessible style with short and focussed chapters,
this clearly laid out book helps readers find the information they need to tackle particular problems easily and with confidence. With a supportive outlook and covering the non-clinical management aspects of palliative care, this book is the ideal guide for palliative care specialists making the transfer from hospice to hospital, and for those setting up palliative care teams in the acute hospital setting.Readership: Clinicians working in a hospital-based palliative care teams, and their colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team, especially senior nurses.
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Sara Booth, Macmillan Consultant in Palliative Care, Addenbrooke's Palliative Care Team, Cambridge, UK, Polly Edmonds, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, King's College London, UK, and Margaret Kendall, Consultant Nurse in Palliative Care, Delamere Centre, North Cheshire Hospitals, UK Contributors:
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1: Palliative care in the acute hospital
2: Getting started: structure and function of the team
3: Organising clinical care
4: Being part of the mainstream in the acute hospital
5: Multidisciplinary working in practice
6: Bureaucracy and money
7: Education in the acute hospital
8: Training issues in palliative medicine
9: Research in the acute trust
10: Personal survival
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
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