Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing
Title Details
6th Ed.
© Oxford University Press 2025
Tara A. Albrecht, PhD, ACNP- BC, ACHPN, RN; Vanessa Battista, DNP, MBA, CPNP- PC, CHPPN, FPCN, FAAN; Abraham A. Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, FPCN; Heather Coats, PhD, APRN- BC, FAAN, FPCN
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-765746-1
eISBN-13: 978-0-19-765747-8
Nursing, Evidence Based Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Oncology, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Palliative and hospice care is a specialty that is constantly evolving alongside the needs of its patients. Practitioners must navigate a rapidly growing field to best advocate for and deliver high quality primary and specialty palliative care to persons and families of those living with serious illness. The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing remains the most comprehensive treatise on the art and science of palliative care nursing available. This new edition of the textbook brings together more than 150 nursing experts to help answer real-world questions around the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs pertinent to a successful palliative care team. Organized within 9 Sections, this new edition covers the gamut of principles of care: from the time of initial diagnosis of a serious illness to the end of a patient's life and beyond.
This sixth edition of The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing mirrors developments in Palliative Care, including several new chapters to support the delivery of palliative care to diverse populations. These chapters explore care for patients living with pulmonary, cardiac, liver, renal, and hematologic diseases, as well as chapters on health inequalities, LGBTQ+ communities, rural communities, and care of those with substance use disorders and serious mental illness. Each chapter is rich with tables and figures, case examples for improved learning, and a strong evidence-based practice to support the highest quality of care. The book offers a valuable and practical resource for students and clinicians across all settings of care. The content is relevant for specialty hospice agencies and palliative care programs, as well as generalist knowledge for schools of nursing, oncology, critical care, and pediatrics. Developed with the intention of emphasizing the need to extend palliative care beyond the specialty to be integrated in all settings and by all clinicians caring for the seriously ill, this new edition will continue to serve as the cornerstone of palliative care education.
According to the editors, the audience is nurses whose primary practice is palliative care. However, this book would certainly be useful to nursing students, nurses whose primary practice is not palliative care such as those working in the hospital, oncology, cardiology, or long term care settings. It also would be a useful reference for colleagues in social work and spiritual care. The editors are internationally known experts in the field of palliative nursing. The many contributing authors were carefully selected for their experience and prior contributions to the field.
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Doody's Review
"This book continues to be the essential reference for palliative nurses. There are a variety of nursing books available to address palliative care, but none are as comprehensive as this one. This is the most comprehensive evidence-based reference in this field."
-- Jeanna Ford, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN (Presbyterian Healthcare Services) Doody's Review
"The editors have once again produced an excellent reference. Written and edited by nurses, for nurses, this book is one of the best in the field today. The additional content in this edition makes it a must have for your professional library. There are no other palliative nursing textbooks with this level of information written by so many experts in the field."
-- Darrell Owens, DNP (University of Washington Medicine)Doody's Review - previous edition
"The specialty of palliative care nursing is slowly achieving the status and recognition it has so long deserved, and the publication of the Textbook of Palliative Nursing is a landmark along that road."
-- Book Review from Int'l Association for Hospice and Palliative Care - previous edition
Score: 94/100
Specialty Score: 2.8 Nursing - Hospice
Stars: 4
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