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ABC of palliative care / edited by Marie Fallon and Geoffrey Hanks.
Holman Biotech Commons R726.8 .A23 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Seria ABC
- ABC series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palliative treatment.
- Terminal care.
- Palliative Care--methods.
- Palliative Care--psychology.
- Terminal Care.
- Medical Subjects:
- Palliative Care--methods.
- Palliative Care--psychology.
- Terminal Care.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 88 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub., 2006.
- Summary:
- This brand new edition of ABC of Palliative Care pulls together the most up-to-date information on this complex, multidisciplinary area in a practical, user-friendly manner. Fully updated, it deals with the important social and psychological aspects for palliative care of people with incurable diseases including quality of life, communication and bereavement issues.This authoritative, practical title will be invaluable to the increasing numbers of doctors, senior and specialist nurses, and all those health professionals who deal with cancer patients in the hospital, at home or in a hospice.
- Contents:
- The principles of palliative care / Balfour Mount, Geoffrey Hanks, Lorna McGoldrick
- The principles of control of cancer pain / Marie Fallon, Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan Cherny
- Difficult pain / Lesley Colvin, Karen Forbes, Marie Fallon
- Breathlessness, cough, and other respiratory problems / Carol Davis, Gillian Percy
- Oral health in patients with advanced disease / Jeremy Bagg, Andrew Davies
- Anorexia, cachexia, nutrition, and fatigue / Kenneth Fearon, Matthew Barber
- Nausea and vomiting / Kathryn Mannix
- Constipation, diarrhoea, and intestinal obstruction / Nigel Sykes, Carla Ripamonti, Eduardo Bruera, Debra Gordon
- Depression, anxiety, and confusion / Mari Lloyd-Williams
- Emergencies / Stephen Falk, Colette Reid
- The last 48 hours / James Adam
- Palliative care for children / Ann Goldman
- Communication / David Jeffrey
- The carers / Julia Addington-Hall, Amanda Ramirez
- Chronic non-malignant disease / Marie Fallon ... [et al.]
- Community palliative care / Keri Thomas
- Bereavement / Marilyn Relf
- Complementary therapies / Michelle Kohn, Jane Maher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1405130792
- OCLC:
- 65207090
- Publisher Number:
- 9781405130790 (alk. paper)
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