The Hospice Library

Librarian

Susan Byars
(859) 276-5344 ext.66875 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Hours

The libraries in each of our offices are open during regular business hours.

The hospice library contains books, professional journals, audiovisual materials, and pamphlets as well as two computers for Internet access. The emphasis of our collection is on all aspects of palliative care, death, dying grief and bereavement. It is frequently used by members of the community as well as by our staff, patients and families, and students

Selected Resources for Professionals, Volunteers & Caregivers

Books

Abrahm, Janet L.: A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Appleton, Michael: Good End: End-of-life Concerns and Conversations About Hospice and Palliative Care. Tucson, AZ: Hats Off Books, 2005.

Armstrong-Dailey, Ann. Hospice Care for Children. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Berger, Ann M. Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.

Booth, Sara. Palliative Care Consultations in Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumours. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Buckman, Robert. How to Break Bad News: A guide for health care professionals. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Unviersity Press, 1992.

Byock, Ira: The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living. New York: Free Press, 2004.

Callanan, Maggie. Final Gifts: Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying. New York: Bantam, 1993.

Currow, David. Emergencies in Palliative and Supportive care. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Dean, Mervyn. Symptom Relief in Palliative Care. Seattle, WA: Radcliffe Publishing, 2006

Doyle, Derek. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (3rd ed.)  New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Ferrell, Betty R. Textbook of Palliative Nursing (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Foster, Elissa. Communicating At the End of Life: Finding magic in the mundane. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2007.

Goldman, Ann. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Hallenbeck, James L. Palliative Care Perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Huff, Susan. Interdisciplinary Clinical Manual for Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care. Alexandria, VA: Children's Hospice International, 2004.

Katz, Renee S. When Professionals Weep: Emotional and Countertransference Responses in End-of-Life Care.  New York: Routledge, 2006.

Kuebler, Kim K. Palliative & End-of-Life Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines. St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier, 2007.

Matzo, Marianne LaPorte. Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life. New York: Springer Publishing, 2006.

Morrison, R. Sean. Geriatric Palliative Care. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Myggen, Bent.  Communicating with Compassion: How to Communicate in Ways That Ease the Pain and Lift the Spirit. Adventures in Caring Foundation: Santa Barbara, CA, 1996.

Rumbold, Bruce. Spirituality and Palliative Care: Social and Pastoral Perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Smith, Izetta. A Tiny Boat at Sea: How to help children who have a parent diagnosed with cancer. Portland, OR: Grief Watch, 2000.

Snyder, Lois. Physician's Guide to End-of-life Care. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2001.

Stein, Michael. The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness. New York : William Morrow, 2007.

Taylor, George J. A Clinician's Guide to Palliative Care. Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2003

Twycross, Robert. Hospice and Palliative Care Formulary USA. United Kingdom: Palliativedrugs.com Ltd, 2006.

Watson, Max. Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Videos

Adventures in Caring. The Medicine of Compassion: Core skills for the human side of health care. 2004.

Bognar, Steven. A Lion in the House: Five families, Six years. True Stories From the War on Cancer.   Washington, D. C .: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 2006.

IPPC: The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care. What Matters to Families : Speaking the Same Language. Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Inc., 2003.