Introducing Palliative Care
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-85775-039-3 (ISBN)
Description
This concise but comprehensive text provides those new to palliative care with an overview of the many aspects of their work. It is based on lecture notes which have been used by clinical students and nurses at Oxford and elsewhere, and is now available for a wider readership.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 305 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85775-039-3 (9781857750393)
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New editions
Book
06/1997
2nd Edition
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
€65.87
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Content
Fatal statistics; palliative care; a typical hospice; dying at home; ethics in palliative care; hope; communication; breaking bad news; strategies for coping with uncertainty; psychological aspects of terminal illness; care of the relatives; spiritual care; religious and cultural needs; children and bereavement; bereavement; general principles; pain; pain in advanced cancer; pain management; nonopoids; weak opoids; strong opoids; neuropathic pain; useful definitions; alimentary syptoms; respiratory symptoms; urinary symptoms; other symptoms; organic mental disorders; drug profiles; when all's said and done; professional carers have needs too.