Books
GeriPal Blog: Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness – A Book Review
On my way out of the hospital this evening I ran into a soon-to-be palliative care fellow. Our...
Geripal Blog: Q&A with Jeff Gordon - Author of "A Death Prolonged"
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too...
Jewish Ritual, Reality and Response at the End of Life
This guide introduces Jewish beliefs and practices around illness, death and loss and provides...
PAIN MANAGEMENT: Enhancing Your Life to the Fullest
Review: Here is a book for patients with pain and for parents with children who have pain,...
FAMILY CARERS IN PALLIATIVE CARE: A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
Review: Providing care and support for the family of the patient is one of the basic, almost...
PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CARE HOMES: A Practical Handbook
Review: As the populations in our societies age, there will be more and more individuals in...
THE LAST GIFTS: Creative Ways to be with the Dying
Review: This is a remarkable book written by an insightful occupational therapist who works...
When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families
"We are in need of medicine with a heart. . . . The endless physical, emotional, and...
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Often in times of serious illness and disease one turns to a deeper level of spirituality--...
Palliative Care Perspectives
This book provides excellent perspective on end-of-life care and the purpose and quality one should...