1st Edition
Palliative Care Within Mental Health Care and Practice
272 Pages
by
CRC Press
272 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This thought provoking and highly practical book is not just about caring for the dying within mental health, but also applying the quality care and practice of palliative care within mental health practice. Multidisciplinary in its approach, it focuses on intervention, treatment, care and practice, and the similarities in practice between palliative care and mental health. This common ground is... Read more
Preface. About the editors. List of contributors. Terminology. Cautionary note. Other books by the editors. Acknowledgements. Dedication. Palliative care within mental health: the need. Compassion, respect and dignity. Overcoming ethical dilemmas. Overcoming cultural dilemmas. The family. End-of-life. Assessment. Pain management. The young person and suicide. Long-term mental health. Dementia, Alzheimer's and confusion. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and palliative care. Euthanasia, assisted suicide and mental health. Palliative care and substance use: special considerations. The heart of care and caring. Index.
Biography
David Cooper, Jo Cooper
"…a useful read for all adult and mental health nurses…"
—Nursing Times
