Enhanced Palliative Care: A handbook for paramedics, nurses and doctors

This handbook provides essential insights into palliative care, targeting paramedics, nurses, and doctors. Enhanced Palliative Care is a vital resource for healthcare professionals.

The book Enhanced Palliative Care: A Handbook for Paramedics, Nurses and Doctors is specifically designed to improve knowledge and skills in generalist palliative care. This informative textbook, developed with the support of Macmillan Cancer Support, offers a thorough overview of the key areas encountered when working with adult palliative and end-of-life patients and their families. Each chapter is crafted by a diverse group of specialist and generalist authors, ensuring a well-rounded perspective on the subject matter.

Topics covered in Enhanced Palliative Care include various approaches to palliative care and symptom management across a range of conditions and populations. The inclusion of case studies encourages interactive learning and fosters a deeper understanding of the material. Additionally, the book emphasizes the importance of communication skills, which are essential for engaging in open and sometimes difficult conversations with patients and their families, helping to build confidence in these critical interactions.

Aligned with Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines and the NES Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care, this book serves as an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals. It is suitable for course reading in relevant training programs, such as the Enhanced Palliative Care course, and is aimed at those involved in management and prescribing within non-specialist palliative care settings, including paramedics, nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and other key health professionals.