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The book examines the concept of palliative care as a holistic human right from the perspective of multiple aspects of faith, ideology, culture and nationality. Combining a humanities-based approach, chapters include detailed discussions of spirituality,...

Every year, millions of people resolve to adopt a better diet, exercise more or lose weight, but doctors know that the likelihood of patients developing new health behaviours and maintaining them is low. In fact, studies show that between 25 and 50 per cent...

This book addresses a variety of ethical issues that arise in the care of oncology patients. Many volumes have been written on medical ethics over the past 30 years. However, few have focused on ethical issues specific to the care of ...

This book is a comprehensive guide to medication adherence designed for healthcare professionals. Both doctors and pharmacists can benefit from the text by author Hayden Bosworth, who explains the details and reasons for non-adherence....

Death is a natural part of life. However, it has recently become a painful, protracted, humiliating process that is often inappropriate for the patient and places an undue financial and emotional burden on the family. Around 22 per cent of all ...

This book provides the best available information on current healthcare priorities around the world. It describes the methods currently used in the six countries leading the process and compiles the differences between them. It shows how, with the exception of...

This analysis of end-of-life decision-making offers a broader perspective than that found in the extensive existing literature on the subject, offering an international comparison. Experts from twelve countries analyse the issues surrounding death ...

Enormous global resources are devoted to the delivery of therapeutic interventions, from diet and lifestyle advice to complex surgeries. In all cases, regardless of the intervention, unless the recipient is involved in the process and understands the...

This book is an informative and practical guide for anyone involved in the care of the seriously and chronically ill or dying. The relationship between spirituality and medicine has recently received much attention in both the scientific and lay press,...

Patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medicines often do not take their medicines as intended, sometimes to the detriment of their health and wellbeing. These common problems cause health professionals to worry about how to make sure...

This book is a unique look at patients, families and their carers as they strive together to provide comfort and hope in the face of terminal illness. Narratives weave together the emotions, physical symptoms, spiritual issues and stresses of family life, as well as...

Written by a nursing expert and former Patient Education Chair of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Effective Patient Education: a guide to increased adherence, Fourth Edition gives clinicians the tools they need to become...

In this volume, the author seeks to explain the optimism associated with recovery that patients in a terminal state with small cell bronchial cancer or lung cancer have. For five years, the author used ethnographic research methods to monitor the processes of ...

This special issue on human rights in bioethics contains four thought-provoking articles that raise important issues in the ongoing debate on human rights in bioethics. For example, Baranzke deals with the exact...

In this book, Dr Quill draws on his extensive clinical experience of caring for seriously ill patients and their families to illustrate the challenges and potential of end of life care. Part one draws on the near-death experiences of two patients...