This handbook is a practical and comprehensive introduction to the field of palliative medicine. It provides clear insight into many of the complex issues that arise in the delivery of palliative care and will be an invaluable resource to all disciplines involved in palliative care in hospital, hosp
Stepping into Palliative Care, Second Edition
โ Scribed by Cooper, Jo
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall/CRC
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 269
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content: Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword
Setting the scene
Cautionary note
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Dedication
1 Assessment in palliative care
2 Introduction to pain management
3 Symptom management: a framework
4 Continuous subcutaneous infusion
5 Mouth care
6 Lymphoedema
7 Wound care
8 Emergencies in palliative care
9 The last few days of life
10 Terminal restlessness
11 Breaking bad news
12 Hearing the pain of the carer
13 Spirituality and palliative care
14 Bereavement
15 Complementary therapies: a therapeutic model for palliative care. 16 The special needs of the neurological patientUseful contacts
Index.
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