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Failure to Progress
The Contraction of the Midwifery Profession
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Changes in the field of midwifery are of concern to those within the health care system, the academic world and those whose lives are touched by midwifery care. This text reflects on the current situation and questions whether it is the most appropriate way of providing care for the childbearing woman....
The Patient's Wish to Die
Research, Ethics, and Palliative Care
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Wish to die statements are becoming a frequent phenomenon in terminally ill patients. Those confronted by these statments need to understand the complexity of such wishes, so they can respond competently and compassionately to the requests. If misunderstood, the statements can be taken at face-value...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
This edited volume brings together innovative contributions from a range of health and social care professionals and research scientists who are interested in introducing new approaches to qualitative research into the world of health and social care.
A range of methodologies including discourse...
Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care
Conversations Inviting Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care outlines a vision of how witnessing narratives, paying attention to them, and developing an ability to question them creatively, can make the person’s emerging story the central focus of health and social care, and of healing.
This text gives...
LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care
A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
This is the only handbook for hospice and palliative care professionals looking to enhance their care delivery or their programs with LGBTQ-inclusive care. Anchored in the evidence, extensively referenced, and written in clear, easy-to-understand language, LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care...
by Howard Brody
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2002
Our personalities and our identities are intimately bound up with the stories that we tell to organize and to make sense of our lives. To understand the human meaning of illness, we therefore must turn to the stories we tell about illness, suffering, and medical care. Stories of Sickness explores...
Ten Minutes for the Family
Systemic Interventions in Primary Care
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The provision of suitable mental health care is one of the major tasks facing general practitioners and their teams. Family-oriented primary care has moved from doctor-controlled to patient-centred consultations, with a greater emphasis on collaboration. The systemic framework uniquely lends itself...
Essentials of Hospital Medicine
A Practical Guide for Clinicians
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Hospital Medicine is the fasting growing field of Medicine, and the importance of hospitalists in the delivery of care and success of hospitals continues to increase. The practice of hospital medicine is both rewarding and challenging: hospitalists need to provide high-quality care using the best...
by Clifford S. Deutschman, MS, MD
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care, 2nd Edition, presents objective data and expert guidance on managing critically ill patients in unique question-based chapters that focus on best practices. Now thoroughly updated by Drs. Clifford S. Deutschman, Patrick J. Neligan, and nearly 200 critical-care...
by Paul Wicker, Sara Dalby
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Rapid Perioperative Care is an essential text for students and practitioners requiring up-to-date fundamental information on the perioperative environment. Covering a wide range of subjects related to perioperative practice and care, each chapter is concise and focused to guide the reader to find...
by Lisa M. Stone, BSN, CCRN
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
The 7th edition of this powerful review tool helps you assess and build your knowledge of the information covered in the Core Curriculum for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care Nursing — and achieve Adult CCRN® or PCCN® certification. Three 150-question exams mirror the style and content...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
As end of life care is extended to more and more people it is increasingly important that people with progressive neurological disease are recognised as having particular issues as their disease progresses. This group of people with advancing motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s...
Dying to Care
Work, Stress and Burnout in HIV/AIDS Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2005
Based on major multi-centre research in the UK, Dying to Care identifies why work stress is a problem in health care generally, and in HIV health care in particular. The similarities and differences between work stress experienced in general health care settings and in HIV/AIDS are explored in a state-of-the-art...
Monitoring Technologies in Acute Care Environments
A Comprehensive Guide to Patient Monitoring Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This is an introduction to the patient monitoring technologies that are used in today’s acute care environments, including the operating room, recovery room, emergency department, intensive care unit, and telemetry floor. To a significant extent, day-to-day medical decision-making relies on the...