Advance care planning in end of life care /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Thomas, Keri, Lobo, Ben
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:	Advance directives (Medical care) Right to die. Sociology. Social sciences. Advance Care Planning Right to Die Sociology Social Sciences Testament biologique. Droit à la mort. Sociologie. Sciences sociales. sociology. social sciences. Right to die Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.