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HospiBooks: Hospice care books

Expert advice helps you enhance patient care. HospiBooks publications offer clear, detailed guidance on common elements of hospice care.

Book cover, “Palliative Care Consultant (PCC), 4th edition

Palliative Care Consultant (PCC), 4th edition

Get practical recommendations for palliative symptom management in adult patients. This guide equips practitioners caring for patients with life-limiting conditions, whether they have hospice-specific training or only occasionally see a patient in hospice or palliative care.

Book cover, “Wound Care at End of Life”

Wound Care at End of Life, 2nd edition

Quality wound care in hospice is a challenge. As patients decline, advanced disease can compromise the body's largest organ – the skin. Good wound care is essential to promoting comfort and dignity. The aim of this guide is to provide a quick treatment lookup tool, a training guide to address palliative wound care basics, and to assist learners in developing a comprehensive plan of care.

Pediatric consultant guide

Pediatric Palliative Care Consultant (PPCC)

Get practical recommendations for palliative symptom management in children, adolescents, and young adults. This guide equips practitioners who care for those with life-limiting conditions, whether they have pediatric-specific training, or only occasionally see a pediatric patient.

This book is excellent. It is organized by symptoms. It gives you clinical pearls, resources, evidence-based recommendations, and extensive explanations. I am new to palliative care and this is a new provider's best friend.

(on Amazon.com)

Palliative Care Consultant (PCC), 4th edition

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