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End of Life Care in Neurological Disease

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Editors:
  1. David Oliver

    1. Wisdom Hospice, Rochester, UK, Rochester, United Kingdom

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  • Focuses on specific issues in end of life care for neurological disease
  • Develops and expands the most important issues in this developing field
  • Has a multidisciplinary focus to reflect clinical practice in this field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. End of Life Care

    • Tes Smith, Eleanor Sherwen
    Pages 1-18

  3. End of Life Care in Neurological Disease

    • David Oliver, Eli Silber
    Pages 19-32

  4. Communication

    • Jenny Smith, Debi Adams, Colin W. Campbell
    Pages 33-50

  5. Physical Symptoms in Neurological Conditions

    • Mark Lee
    Pages 51-89

  6. Holistic Care: Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects

    • Colin W. Campbell, Barbara J. Chandler, Sue Smith
    Pages 91-111

  7. Multidisciplinary Care

    • David Oliver, Sally Watson
    Pages 113-132

  8. Advance Care Planning

    • Simon Chapman
    Pages 133-142

  9. Care at the End of Life

    • Nigel P. Sykes
    Pages 143-159

  10. Carers

    • Cynthia Benz, Debra Chand
    Pages 161-186

  11. Future Developments in Care: National Strategy and Commissioning

    • Claire Henry, Beverley Hopcutt
    Pages 187-203

  12. End of Life Care in Progressive Neurological Disease: Australia

    • Susan Mathers
    Pages 205-212

  13. International Aspects of Care: Europe

    • Simone Veronese
    Pages 213-219

  14. International Aspects of Care: Africa

    • Liz Gwyther
    Pages 221-226

  15. Conclusion

    • David Oliver
    Pages 227-229

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 231-236
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About this book

As end of life care is extended to more and more people it is increasingly important that people with progressive neurological disease are recognised as having particular issues as their disease progresses. This group of people with advancing motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, multiple systems atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, Huntington’s disease and other progressive neurological disease face increasing problems – with physical symptoms and psychosocial and spiritual issues for both themselves and their families and carers. This book encourages health and social care professionals to become closely involved in the care of these people and their families, so that advance care plans can be started and quality of life maintained. This book addresses the principles and practice of developing end of life care strategies for neurological disease, written with a clinical, multidisciplinary focus and illustrated with detailed case studies.

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“This book grew out of the report on a UK meeting of health and social care professionals, together with representative patient organisations, convened to discuss the needs of people with progressive neurological disease. … This book represents a lot of work and consideration, cataloguing the needs of these patients and their carers and working out how those needs can be best met.” (Roger Woodruff, Newsletter IAHPC book reviews, hospicecare.com, Vol. 14 (11), November, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wisdom Hospice, Rochester, UK, Rochester, United Kingdom

    David Oliver

About the editor

Dr David Oliver is Medical Director and Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine at the Wisdom Hospice in Rochester, Kent and Honorary Reader in Palliative Medicine at the Centre for Professional Practice at the University of Kent, where he is Director of Studies for the MSc in Supportive and Palliative Care. He is a Visiting Professor at the School of Medicine at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: End of Life Care in Neurological Disease

  • Editors: David Oliver

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-682-5

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-681-8Published: 20 November 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6010-6Published: 14 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-682-5Published: 27 November 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 238

  • Topics: Pain Medicine, Neurology, Internal Medicine

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