Compassion: The Essence of Palliative and End of Life Care

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• International experts detail their personal experiences and thoughts on the role of compassion
• Explores invaluable insight into and motivations for work in the field of palliative care
• Case examples and personal experiences provide opportunity for the reader to reflect on important questions raised

Since the efforts of Dame Cicely Saunders and the founders of the modern hospice movement, compassion has become a fundamental part of palliative care. In this ground-breaking book, international experts give their critical thoughts on the essence and role of compassion, in both palliative and hospice care over the past half-century.

Compassion: The essence of palliative and end-of-life care provides insight into the motivations for, and practice of, compassionate palliative and hospice care, featuring the reflections of leading healthcare professionals, social workers, chaplains and educators. Chapters utilise case examples and first-hand experiences to explore the historical and contemporary discourse surrounding the concept of compassion in palliative medicine.

This book is relevant to a multidisciplinary audience of palliative care practitioners, including undergraduate and graduate students in sociology, psychology and theology, and healthcare professionals in oncology and gerontology.

1: Philip J. Larkin: Compassion: a conceptual reading for palliative and end-of-life care
2: Janet Abrahm: Healing connections
3: Mary Baines: Understanding Pity
4: Ira Byock: Service
5: Augusto Caraceni: Roots
6: Carlos Centeno: Lessons learnt
7: Mark Cobb: Suffering
8: David Currow: Courage
9: Julia Downing: Seeds sown
10: Betty Ferrell: Empathic Entrée
11: Kathy Foley: The Golden Rule
12: Charles von Gunten: The Truth of Time
13: Liz Gwyther: Enlightened Resolve
14: Jo Hockley: Spirit
15: Peter Hudson: Vulnerability
16: Mari Lloyd-Williams: Community
17: Anne Merriman: Interconnectedness
18: Daniela Mosoiu: Compassionate Love
19: Irene Renzenbrink: Compassionate organisations
20: Mary Vachon: The Light and the Shadow
21: Philip J. Larkin: Lessons from our teachers