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Advance care planning in end of life care
1 online resource (xvii, 305 pages) : illustrations
Advance care planning is an essential part of the new NHS national programme on end of life care, aiming to improve the chances of 'a good death' by discussing and planning how this might be managed. This book helps readers explore a wide range of issues and practicalities in providing ACP for patients nearing the end of life.
Overview and introduction to advance care planning / Keri Thomas -- Advance care planning for the end of life: an overview / Jane Seymour and Gillian Horne -- Listening to the patient's voice / Heidi Macleod, David Oliver, and Don Redding -- Advance care planning for older people / Simon Conroy -- Spiritual aspects of advance care planning / Max Watson -- Advance care planning: politically correct, but ethically sound? / Rob George and Tim Harlow -- Advance care planning for the end of life / Claire Henry and Sheila Joseph -- The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making / Simon Chapman and Andrew Makin -- Advance decisions to refuse treatment (ADRT) / Ben Lobo -- The tough questions: do not attempt resuscitation discussions / Madeline Bass -- Preferred priorities for care: an advance care planning process / Les Storey and Adrienne Betteley -- Experience of use of advance care planning in care homes / Deborah Holman, Nikki Sawkins, and Jo Hockley -- Advance care planning in the community / Bruce Mason, Dierdra Sives, and Scott A Murray -- ACP in hospice and specialist palliative care / Simon Noble -- Advanced care planning: thinking ahead for parents and children / Angela Thompson -- Issues around capacity / Lynn Gibson, Dorothy Matthews and Claud Regnard -- Advance directives and advance care planning: the US experience / Anne M Wilkinson -- A common sense guide to improving advance care planning: from theory to practice / Anne M Wilkinson and Joanne Lynn -- Advance care planning in Canada: past experience and current strategies / AnnMarie Nielsen and Sharon Baxter -- The evolution of advance care planning in Australia with a focus on hospital care / William Silvester and Karen M Detering -- Advance care planning discussions in Australia: the development of clinical practice guidelines / Josephine M Clayton -- Living and dying in style: Australia, an example of ACP in action / Eric Fairbank -- Communication skills and advance care planning / Jackie Beavan, Carolyn Fowler, and Sarah Russell -- Working with local commissioners to deliver advanced care planning / Jennifer Stothard.
Includes bibliographical references and index.