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From Cure to Care - Palliative Care Dilemmas in General Practice
Published on 15. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
148 pages
978-1-898507-83-3 (ISBN)
Description
When a patient needs specialised palliative care, the GP can lose touch, and can feel divorced from the palliative care system. How do GPs cope with giving bad news, and with counselling relatives? How do they see their role within the multiprofessional palliative care framework? How much should GPs be expected to know about the details of palliative drug treatments? How can busy GPs provide continuity of care to patients who choose to die at home? Using many actual quotes from practising GPs, this book highlights the dilemmas faced by GPs struggling to provide high standards of palliative care in the community.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-898507-83-3 (9781898507833)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Listening to the general practitioner's tale; the boundaries of palliative care; palliative chemotherapy and quality of life; difficulties in communicating with patients; relief of pain and suffering; supporting the relatives and carers; practical issues; sources of stress for doctors; frameworks for decision-making; parnerships in palliative care.