Adult Palliative Care for Nursing, Health and Social Care

John has been at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work for 15 years. He is currently the Programme leader for the B.Sc. (Hons), Nursing Practice course, based at Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore.In Singapore, he is also the module leader for the Supportive and Palliative care and the Manchester Leadership programme and the unit lead for the dissertation unit. His research interests focus around the social management of death, dying and bereavement. He is a reviewer for a number of journals including the International Journal of Palliative Nursing. He is interested in developing palliative care across the world and play an active role in The Chernobyl Childrens Trust (UK) a British charity promoting links with Belarussia. He has published extensively in the UK and abroad and spoken at a number of academic conferences in Britain and elsewhere.  

Chapter 1: The experience of living with cancer - Joan Smith
Chapter 2: Palliative care for people with End Stage Pulmonary Disease - Jo Popple
Chapter 3: Palliative care for people with End Stage Heart Failure - Sharon Grimsdale
Chapter 4: Palliative care for people with Multiple Sclerosis - John Costello
Chapter 5: Patients with End Stage Renal Failure - Sue Heatley
Chapter 6: Palliative care for people with advanced dementia - Jacqueline Crowther
Chapter 7: Symptom management: the medical perspective - Ahamed Ashique & John Costello
Chapter 8: Supporting families and lay caregivers on the palliative care journey - Anne Golden
Chapter 9: Grief, bereavement and spirituality - John Costello and Reverend Andrew Bradley
Chapter 10: Ethical dilemmas in palliative care - Anne-Marie Raftery & Carole Farrell
Chapter 11: Hospital palliative care teams - Anne-Marie Raftery
Chapter 12: End of life care in the community - Alison Newey