부산대학교 도서관

The purpose of this book is to explore the state of the art related to interprofessional palliative care practice and education, focused on the unique synergy of interprofessional palliative care teams that is greater than the sum of the work of the distinct professions on the team. The palliative care team often overlaps across professional boundaries in their daily activities, creating a unique collaborative perspective. The book explores both the unique specialty contributions of each profession and the shared specialty palliative care activities that all professions on the team are expected to perform. Strong professional identities are key to healthy interprofessional teams. When each professional knows their distinctive role within the team, misunderstandings and defensiveness diminish and curiosity and supportiveness about the others’ unique contributions blossoms. The book is divided into three sections. The first section is an overview of the discipline of palliative care, terminology, roles of team members, and theories of interprofessional collaboration. The second section explores interprofessional palliative care education, beginning with theory and evidence and then application in academic settings, clinical learning environments, and continuing education. The third section examines interprofessional practice in a variety of settings including hospice, hospital, outpatient clinics, and home. The book concludes with a chapter focused on an aspirational future for palliative care and a final chapter that synthesizes the concepts presented throughout the book with a focus on intentionally interprofessional palliative care.