Library and Academic Services: Palliative and End of Life Care: Open Textbooks (OER)

Open Educational Resources (OER)

This page contains Open Textbooks which are a type of OER. “OER” stands for Open Educational Resource. These resources are available at zero cost and can be used and adapted and without permission.

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Open Textbooks (OER)

Palliative nursing students:

Please note that some of these resources may come from US or international sources and the content may not be congruent with clinical practice guidelines in Canada. These are supplemental resources and are not meant to replace your required textbook or readings.

Nursing Care at the End of Life by Susan E. Lowey, The College at Brockport, SUNY
Nursing Care at the End of Life: What Every Clinician Should Know should be an essential component of basic educational preparation for the professional registered nurse student. Recent studies show that only one in four nurses feel confident in caring for dying patients and their families and less than 2% of overall content in nursing textbooks is related to end-of-life care, despite the tremendous growth in palliative and end-of-life care programs across the country. The purpose of this textbook is to provide an indepth look at death and dying in this country
INCTR Palliative Care Handbook by Dr. Fraser Black; Dr. Stuart Brown; Doug Ennals; Dr. Juan Diego Harris; Virginia LeBaron; Dr. Robin Love ; International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR)
This user-friendly guide is primarily aimed at those who have completed some basic training in palliative care but who are not specialists in the field. It provides guidance in the daily management of common palliative care problems encountered not only when caring for patients with cancer but also those facing other life-limiting illnesses such as HIV/AIDS. ...

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