Palliative care for older people in care homes / edited by Jo Hockley, David Clark.

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Published: Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2002.
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Series:Facing death
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Ian Philp
  • 1. Historical and policy contexts / Sue Davies and Jane Seymour
  • 2. Assessment of need in care homes / Deborah Parker and Alison McLeod
  • 3. Loss and change / Jan Reed, Glenda Cook and Chris Burridge
  • 4. Spiritual care in care homes : perceptions and practice / Helen Orchard
  • 5. Caring for people with dementia at the end of life / Sylvia Cox and Ailsa Cook
  • 6. The role of the physician in nursing care home in The Netherlands / Frans Baar and Herman van der Kloot Meijburg
  • 7. Ethics and end-of-life decision-making / Jo Vallis and Kenneth Boyd
  • 8. The performance of the hour of death / Carol Komaromy
  • 9. Changing care practices : beyond education and training to 'practice development' / Katherine Froggatt
  • 10. Organizational structures for enhancing standards of palliative care / Jo Hockley
  • Conclusion / Jo Hockley and David Clark.