Book
Handbook of palliative care
Record details
- ISBN: 1405121122
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Physical Description:
xiv, 490 p. : ill.
remote
print - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The context and principles of palliative care / Christina Faull -- Team working for effective palliative care / Lilian Daniels -- Rights, needs, and social exclusion at the end of life / Jonathan Koffman & Irene J. Higginson -- User voices in palliative care / Neil Small -- Ethical issues in palliative care / Derek Willis -- Communication skills in palliative care / Candy M. Cooley -- Adapting to death, dying, and bereavement / Brian Nyatanga -- The principles of pain management / Mike Bennett, Karen Forbes, Christina Faull -- The management of gastrointestinal symptoms and advanced liver disease / Andrew Chilton & Christina Faull -- The management of respiratory symptoms / Rosemary Wade, Sara Booth, & Andrew Wilcock -- Managing complications of cancer /Rachael Barton -- The management of people with advanced head and neck cancer / Nicky Rudd & Jane Worlding -- Palliative care for people with progressive neurological disorders / Fiona Hicks and Hazel Pearse -- Palliative care for people with HIV infection and AIDS / Surinder Singh & Nick Theobald -- Palliative care for children / Keith Sibson, Finella Craig, & Ann Goldman -- Palliative care for adolescents and young adults / Daniel Kelly & Jacqueline Edwards -- Palliative care in advanced heart disease / Gillian Horne & Stephanie Taylor -- Palliative care in advanced renal disease / Alistair Chesser -- Management of lymphoedema / Denise Hardy -- Pressure area care and the management of fungating wounds / Mary Walding -- Terminal care and dying / Christina Faull & Brian Nyatanga -- Medicines management in palliative care / Christine Hirsch, Christina Faull, and Jeremy Johnson -- Complementary approaches to palliative cancer care / Elizabeth Thompson & Catherine Zollman. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Available also online via Internet. |
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