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Death and Dying, Life and Living Links and Biblio:  Palliative Care
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See also Aging Caregiving, Children and Dying; Dying Process; Ethics; Grief; Hospice; Life-Threatening Illnesses; Nursing Homes and Assisted Living; Palliative Care.


Abrahm, Janet L.  A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients.  Baltimore and London: Johnson Hopkins UP, 2000.

Cairns, Moira, Marney Thompson, and Wendy Wainwright.  Transitions in Dying and Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care. 2003    

Carter, Brian S., Marcia Levetown, eds.  Palliative Care for Infants, Children, and Adolescents:  A Practical Handbook. 2004  BF789 .D4 B635 1996

Doka, K. J. (ed.)  Pain Management at the End of Life:  Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge & Practice.  Washington, D.C.:  Hospice Foundation of America, 2006.

Faull, Christina and Richard Woof.  Palliative Care: An Oxford Core Text. 2002.   

Hallenbeck, James L.  Palliative Care Perspectives.  2003.

Kuhl, David.  What Dying People Want:  Practical Wisdom for the End of Life.  Public Affairs, 2002.

Lawton, Julia.  Dying Process:  Patients' Experiences of Palliative Care.  2000.  R726.8 .L39 2000.

Lynn, Joanne, J. L. Schuster, and A. Kabcenell.  Improving Care for the End of Life:  A Source Book for Health Care Managers and and Clinicians.  Oxford UP, 2000.

Matzo, Marianne Laporte and Deborah Witt Shermann.  Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life, 2001,   

McDonald, N., ed.  Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. 3rd ed. New York:  Oxford University Press, 2004. R726.8 .09 2004

Meyer, C. A Good Death:  Challenges, Choices, and Care Options.  1998.

O'Neill, Joseph, Peter Selvyn and Helen Schietinger.  Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV AIDS 2003 (electronic resource through library catalog)

Quill, Timothy E. Caring for Patients at the End of Life:  Facing an Uncertain Future Together.  2001.

Randall, Fiona and R. S. Downie.  Palliative Care Ethics: A Companion for All Specialties. NY: Oxford UP, 1999. R726 .R35 1999

Rinpoche, Sogyal.  Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.  San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.  BQ7640 .S64 1992

Sendor, Virginia F. and Patrice M. O'Connor.  Hospice and Palliative Care: Questions and Answers. Lanham, Md.: Scarecroww Press, 1997. R726.8 .S46 1997

Smith, Douglas C.  Caregiving:  Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul.  1997.

Smith, Shirley Ann.  Hospice Concepts:  A Guide to Palliative Care in Terminal Illness.  2000.

Spiro, Howard, Mary G. McCrea Curnen, Enid Peschel, and Deborah St. James, eds.  
Empathy and the Practice of Medicine:  Beyond Pills and the Scalpel.  New Haven: Yale UP, 1993.  F7268 .F33 1996

Taylor, George Jesse and Jerome E. Kurent. 
Clinician's Guide to Palliative Care in Management of Chronic Illnesses. 2002.

Wiener, Carolyn L. and Anselm L. Strauss, eds.  Where Medicine Fails, 5th ed. New Brunswick, NJ: Transactin, 1997. (Ramapo has only a 1973 edition.  Need new one)

Wilkes, Gail M., Karen Ingwersen and Margaret Barton-Burke.  2000 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook.  2000  REFERENCE  RC271.C5 W54 2000.

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine:  http://www.aahpm.org/

Growth House/Improving End of Life Care:  http://www.growthhouse.org/

Last Acts Organization:  http://www.lastacts.org/

American Academy of Pediatrics/Palliative Care for Children: http://www.aap.org/policy/re0007.html