This user-friendly guide offers you practical, direct answers for the difficult and little-taught questions that arise when providing care for the dying.
Features:
* Perspectives of patients, families, and other health care professionals, as well as physicians
* Solution-oriented coverage on preparing patients, managing symptoms, and handling legal/ethical issues near the end of life
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 185 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-07-034883-7 (9780070348837)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Vitas Healthcare Corp, Patient & Family Services, Miami, Florida
Preparing Patients for Enf of Life Care How to Decide When End of Life Care is Needed: Predicting Prognosis How to Help Patients Access End of Life Care How to Inform the Patient: Breaking Bad News How to Work with an Interdisciplinary Team How to Measure Quality of Life near the End of Life Common Symptoms at the End of Life Pain Dyspnea Gastrointestinal Symptoms Disorders of the Nervous System Disorders of the Skin and Mucous Membranes Depression and Other common Symptoms Near the End of Life The Last Days: The Actively Dying Patient Psychosocial and Spiritual Disorders Near the End of Life Bereavement Ethical Issues and Controversies Near the End of Life Advance Directives and the Question of CPR Nutritional Support and Parenteral Hydration Near the End of Life Diagnostic Studies and Invasive Therapies Near the End of Life Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Special Groups End of Life Care for Patients with HIV Care of the Pediatric Patient Near the End of Life
