"Law, Palliative Care and Dying critically examines the role of the legal framework in shaping the boundaries of palliative care practice. The work underlines the importance of a distinct legal framework for specialist palliative care which can provide clarity for both the healt…
Oxford textbook of palliative medicine
Oxford textbook of palliative medicine
Oxford textbook of palliative medicine
"The new edition of Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine been rigorously updated to offer a truly global perspective, highlighting the best current evidence-based practices, and collective wisdom from more than 200 experts around the world. The book covers all the new and emer…
Oxford textbook of palliative medicine
Once it was difficult to see end of life care beyond conventional medical intervention, but hospice and palliative care introduced a more holistic approach, providing quality of life for the dying and their families. This ground-breaking work takes end-of-life care beyond these …
"This is a book for practitioners who want to include end-of-life care issues or community development and health promotion ideas in their practices, and for anyone interested in social sciences, public health and end-of-life care. It argues that the integration of death, loss a…
Terminal illness and the pain and anguish it brings are experiences that have touched millions of people in the past and continue to shape our experience of the present. Hospital machines that artificially support life and monitor vital signs beg the que.