Heart Failure and Palliative Care

Miriam Johnson is professor of Palliative Medicine at Hull and an honorary consultant in Palliative Medicine at St. Catherine’s Hospice Scarborough and Acute Scarborough and North East Yorkshire NHS Healthcare Trust. She has strong clinical research bases in oncology and heart failure at Castle Hill Hospital. Additional clinical research partnerships include clinicians in her own clinical base in Scarborough, which includes a current joint project in Parkinsons' Disease.

• The Need for Palliative Care in Heart Failure. The Syndrome of Advanced Heart Failure. Optimal Therapy for Heart Failure. Prognosis in Advanced Heart Failure. Symptom Relief for Advanced Heart Failure. Supportive Care: Psychological, Social and Spiritual Aspects. Communication in Heart Failure. Advance Care Planning, Mental Capacity Act, etc. Shared Decision Making. Care of the Patients Dying from Heart Failure. Young People. Palliative Care Services for People with Heart Failure.

"This book is a fantastic resource for anyone working with patients with heart failure. It will facilitate the integration of palliative care into heart failure management …"—British Journal of Hospital MedicineThe book includes chapters on the syndrome of advanced heart failure—optimal therapy, prognosis, symptom relief, supportive care, communication, the need for palliative care, and how to improve terminal care. Good stuff.—Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Reviews Editor