Hospice Palliative Care Book Reviews &
The Palliative Care Book of the Month
Dr. Woodruff, MD
(Australia)
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Book of the Month
EAPC ATLAS OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN EUROPE
Carlos Centeno, David Clark, Thomas Lynch, Javier Rocafort, Luis Alberto Flores, Anthony Greenwood, Simon Brasch, David Praill, Amelia Giordano, Liliana De Lima
IAHPC Press, 2007
335 pp
ISBN 0-9858525-5-8
Available as book or CD
RRP € 50 from http://www.eapcnet.org
This book is a progress report from the EAPC (European Association for Palliative Care) Task Force on the Development of Palliative Care in Europe. It provides a country-by-country report on how palliative care has developed, what services are available, the state of health care policy with regard to palliative care, and the availability of accreditation for professionals. The material is presented in a very accessible manner with the liberal use of tables and maps.
What struck me most while leafing through this book was how palliative care has blossomed in Europe. EAPC was only formed in December 1988 and this book is testament to how much has happened. Makes one feel good to be part of palliative care.
This book contains an enormous amount of information and will be an invaluable resource for palliative care associations, health care planners and government departments responsible for palliative care. The authors, the EAPC, and Liliana De Lima and the team at IAHPC Press are to be congratulated.
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(August 2007)
Book Reviews
TRANSFORMATIONAL ELDERCARE FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Strengths-Based Strategies for Caring
James and Linda Henry
Nursesbooks.org, American Nurses Association, 2007
196 pp
ISBN 1-55810-229-9
RRP $US 34.95 at www.nursesbooks.org
Based on a series of interviews with health care professionals and administrators, this book is about how eldercare might be improved and made more appropriate. Is older adulthood, for all its challenges, a desirable stage in a life of social, psychological and spiritual expansion? If you think so, then this book provides a clear discussion of many of the aspects of eldercare that need to be modified or changed in order to provide better care in the future. This book is written in a very straightforward and practical manner. It will be both a valuable resource and a challenge to anyone who is involved in the provision or planning of eldercare. A separate Facilitator’s Guide is also available on CD-ROM.
NEARING DEATH AWARENESS
Mary Anne Sanders
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007
128 pp
ISBN 978-1-84310-857-3
RRP £11.99 $US 17.95
This book is subtitled ‘A Guide to the Language, Visions and Dreams of the Dying’. Written by a Spiritual Guidance Mentor, this book is a description of what the dying say, see and dream. What particularly interested me was the interpretation of what was observed, as so many of the examples cited could have easily been written-off as terminal confusion or delirium. If you work with the terminally ill, I feel sure this book will interest you.
LIVING CONSCIOUSLY, DYING GRACEFULLY
A Journey with Cancer and Beyond
Nancy Manahan and Becky Bohan
Beaver’s Pond Press, 2007-08-31
218 pp
ISBN 1-59298-179-8
RRP $US17.00 £8.30
This is the story of one woman’s five-year journey with breast cancer. Seemingly quite a remarkable woman, a professor of nursing who integrated complementary therapies with orthodox cancer treatments. Her manner of dealing with a life-threatening illness inspired many of those around her; your reviewer was also impressed by the photographs of her playing the cello and finishing the Twin Cities marathon. The book also contains a useful guide for lay persons about dealing with day-to-day issues surrounding death and dying.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(August 2007)
Procedure to submit a book for review:
If you would like to have a book reviewed and included in the IAHPC bookshop, please send a copy to the IAHPC Bookshop Editor:
Dr. Roger Woodruff
IAHPC Bookshop Editor
210 Burgundy Street Suite 9
Heildberg, Victoria 3084
AUSTRALIA
Note: Books sent to our bookshop editor become property of IAHPC and the review may take some time to appear in the Newsletter. Only books related to palliative care and with an ISBN number will be reviewed. Others will be discarded. Thank You!
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