HospiBooks: Hospice care books
Expert advice helps you enhance patient care. HospiBooks publications offer clear, detailed guidance on common elements of hospice care.
At Optum, we offer several educational resources for hospice providers, including books to guide staff on adult palliative symptom management, wound care and pediatric palliative care. Learn more about our line of HospiBooks for purchase:
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.
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 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.
Order the Pediatric Palliative Care Consultant book
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