Contributors
Preface
About the companion website
List of Abbreviations
Part 1: Introduction
1 Setting the scene
Christine Ingleton
2 Managing the needs of family caregivers
Philip J Larkin
3 Principles of effective communication
Jayne Brown, Alison Pilsworth & Martyn Geary
4 Advance Care Planning
Christine Ingleton
5 Delivering palliative approaches in different care contexts
Christine Ingleton
6 Integrated Care Pathways
Christine Ingleton
Part 2: Clinical Applications
7 Principles of Symptom Management
Philip J Larkin
8 Best practice in pain management
Pat Schofield
9 Managing pain
Pat Schofield
10 Complex pain problems & treatment challenges
Pat Schofield
11 Managing nausea and vomiting
Jackie Robinson
12 Managing constipation
Philip J Larkin
13 Understanding Depression
Mari Lloyd-Williams
14 Understanding Delirium and Confusion
Peter Lawlor and Katie Marchington
15 Managing myoclonus, tremors and muscle spasms
Jackie Robinson
16 Managing Lymphoedema
Lorna Malcolm
17 Managing Hypercalcaemia of Malignancy
Geraldine Tracey
18 Managing oral hygiene
Philip J Larkin
19 Caring for people with Dysphagia
Philip J Larkin
20 Managing Breathlessness
Jayne Brown and Liz Darlison
21 Cough and Haemoptysis
Jackie Robinson
22 Explaining and exploring cachexia, anorexia and fatigue
Cathy Payne
23 Continual Subcutaneous Infusion: using a Syringe Pump
Philip J Larkin
24 Emergencies: Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
Joanna De Souza
25 Emergencies: Haemorrhage
Joanna De Souza
26 Emergencies: Malignant spinal cord compression
Joanna De Souza
27 Chemotherapy
Clare Warnock
28 Radiotherapy
Clare Warnock
Part 3: Palliative Care for All
29 Approaches in Heart Failure
Gill Horne and Sarah Human
30 Approaches to Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Clare McVeigh
31 Approaches in Motor Neurone Disease
David Oliver
32 Approaches for people receiving dialysis
Rachel Lewis and Helen Noble
33 Approaches for people with progressive kidney disease: a non-dialytic pathway
Helen Noble and Rachel Lewis
34 Care of the patient following a Stroke
Tony Ryan
35 Principles of palliative care for older people
Amanda Clarke and Paula Smith
36 Care of the person with Dementia
Tony Ryan
37 Care for people with Mental Illness
Ann Sheridan
38 Care for people with Learning Disabilities
Dorry McLaughlin
39 Care for the homeless person
Brian Nyatanga
40 Care for people in prison
Mary Turner and Marian Peacock
Part 4: Professional roles in palliative care
41 Understanding rehabilitation in palliative care
Cathy Payne
42 The social worker
Niamh Finucane
43 The Occupational Therapist
Deirdre Rowe
44 The physiotherapist
Helena Talbot-Rice
45 Complementary and supportive therapy
Philip J Larkin
46 The clinical nurse specialist
Liz Bryan
47 The advanced nurse practitioner
Geraldine Tracey
48 The Nurse Consultant
Jo Hockley
49 The Chaplain
Mark Cobb
50 The Medical Consultant
Bill Noble
Part 5: Ethical challenges in palliative care practice
51 Stress in palliative care nursing
Liz Bryan
52 Responses to Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
Joanne De Souza
53 Withdrawing and withholding Life-Sustaining care
Joanne De Souza
54 Recognising and planning for the terminal phase of life
Pauline Ui Dhuibhir
Part 6: Managing end-of-life care
55 Changing goals of care at end-of-life
Debbie Hayden
56 Managing of respiratory secretions at the end-of-life
Jackie Robinson
57 Care at the moment of death
Michael Connolly
58 Spiritual perspectives at end-of-life
Mark Cobb
59 Bereavement
Pam Firth
Index
