Case Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care uses a case-based approach to provide students and practitioners with an important learning tool to improve critical thinking skills and encourage discussion toward improving experiences for patients and their families. The book is organized into three sections covering subjects related to communication, symptom management, and family care. Each case is presented in a consistent, logical format for ease of use, highlighting key evidence-based concepts including the case history, care setting, diagnosis and prognosis, assessment, treatment considerations, and family support. A key reference, Case Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is an invaluable resource for clinicians who provide palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses and those at the end of life along with their families.

Case Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Medical Books

Campbell, Margaret L.

Nursing

Wiley/Blackwell

This book is written for the acute care clinician(nurse or physician)or anyone caring for patients who are near death after making decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy. Content focuses on the clinical aspects of care while addressing ethical and legal considerations and the processes of communication and decision making. 
Illustrated by case studies drawn from real-life experience, this book dispels common myths about forgoing treatment, offers historical background on right-to-die cases, and provides definitions and discussions of ethical principles. Book; 140 pages; 1998.

Forgoing Life-Sustaining Therapy

French, Ellen

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

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