Palliative care / Christina Faull and Kerry Blankley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faull, Christina, author.

Blankley, Kerry, author.

Series:

Oxford core texts Palliative care

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intended primarily for students in the clinical years of the medical course, this text will also appeal to junior doctors, nurses and anybody needing to know about caring for the terminally ill.

Contents:

Cover

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

1 Palliative care: principles, challenges, and patient outcomes

2 Palliative care assessment, communication, and challenging situations

3 Psychosocial and spiritual components of care

4 Decisions and care around the end of life

5 Physical symptom control: how to do it well

6 The syringe driver: a useful way to deliver drugs

7 Regulations, legal duties, and financial support for patients

8 Core competences in palliative care

9 Further information about palliative care services and useful resources

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-100680-7

0-19-177209-7

1-336-09914-3

0-19-100679-3

OCLC:

904338887