Handbook of palliative care / edited by Christina Faull, Yvonne Carter, Richard Woof.

Date:
1998
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Description

"Written particularly with the GP and Primary Health Care team in mind, this book provides a comprehensive, yet practical guide to palliative care covering issues from clinical skills and service provision to ethical and psychosocial matters and includes a discussion of complementary therapies in palliative care and the patients' views. It advocates a holistic approach to care based on the editors' experience of the specialist and primary care environments. The book will prove useful to a wide range of professionals and students including doctors, nurses and pharmacists."--Jacket.

Publication/Creation

Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 1998.

Physical description

xiii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The context and principles of palliative care -- 2. Teamworking for effective palliative care -- 3. Rights, needs and social exclusion at the end of life -- 4. User voices in palliative care -- 5. Ethical issues in palliative care -- 6. Communication skills in palliative care -- 7. Adapting to death, dying and bereavement -- 8. The principles of pain management -- 9. The management of gastrointestinal symptoms and advanced liver disease -- 10. The management of respiratory symptoms -- 11. Managing complications of cancer -- 12. The management of people with advanced head and neck cancers -- 13. Palliative care for people with progressive neurological disorders -- 14. Palliative care for people with HIV infection and AIDS -- 15. Palliative care for children -- 16. Palliative care for adolescents and young adults -- 17. Palliative care in advanced heart disease -- 18. Palliative care in renal disease -- 19. Management of lymphoedema -- 20. Pressure area care and the management of fungating wounds -- 21. Terminal care and dying -- 22. Medicines management in palliative care -- 23. Complementary approaches to palliative care.

Notes

Cover illustration by Michele Angelo Petrone.
Copy 1. Donor: MAP Foundation.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WB310 1998H23
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0632047798
  • 9780632047796