The Medical care of terminally ill patients / Robert E. Enck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enck, Robert E.

Series:

The Johns Hopkins Series in Hematology/Oncology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment.

Terminal care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Demonstrates the enormous advances that have been made in the understanding of the treatment of the terminally ill. It provides the clinician with a clear, readable and practical guide to managing clinical problems at the end of life." -- International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Newsletter.

Contents:

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - The Prognostication of Survival; Part I - The Management of Symptoms Common among Dying Patients; Chapter 2 - General Symptoms of Dying Patients; Chapter 3 - Other Problems of Patients with Cancer; Chapter 4 - Other Problems of Patients with Nonmalignant Diseases; Chapter 5 - Palliative Surgery; Part I I - The Management of Pain; Chapter 6 - An Overview of Pain Management; Chapter 7 - Opioids; Chapter 8 - Adjuvant Analgesic Drugs; Chapter 9 - Complications of Pharmacologic Therapy; Chapter 10 - Bone Pain

Chapter 11 - Surgery and Other Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Manage PainPart I I I - The Management of Symptoms during the Last Few Days; Chapter 12 - The Final Moments; Chapter 13 - Issues concerning the Sustaining of Life; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-217) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7546-3

OCLC:

923190106