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UNINA9910459831303321 |
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Titolo |
Transforming palliative care in nursing homes [[electronic resource] ] : the social work role / / edited by Mercedes Bern-Klug |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2010 |
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1-283-00899-8 |
9786613008992 |
0-231-50707-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (536 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Medical social work - United States |
Social work with older people - United States |
Palliative treatment - United States |
Nursing homes - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication and Acknowledgments; Epigraph; Contents; Foreword: Looking Back on the Nursing Home Experience of My Mother; Foreword; Introduction; 1: The Need to Extend the Reach of Palliative Psychosocial Care to Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Chronic Illness; 2: The Structure and Process of Advanced Chronic Illness and Palliative Care in Nursing Homes; 3: Paying for Advanced Chronic Illness and Hospice Care in America's Nursing Homes; 4: Trends in the Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Residents |
5: Anticipating and Managing Common Medical Challenges Encountered at the End of Life6: Identifying and Addressing the Psychosocial, Social, Spiritual, and Existential Issues Affecting Nursing Home Residents at the End of Life; 7: Identifying and Addressing Family Members' Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Existential Issues Related to Having a Loved One Living and Dying in a Nursing Home; 8: Identifying and Addressing Ethical Issues in Advanced Chronic Illness and at the End of Life; 9: Final Discharge Planning: Rituals Related to the Death of |
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a Nursing Home Resident |
10: Grief, Self-Care, and Staff-Care: Repeated Loss in the Nursing Home Environment11: The Future of Palliative Psychosocial Care for Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Chronic Illness; Appendix; List of Contributors; Index |
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The teacher and gerontological social work scholar Mercedes Bern-Klug joins experts on nursing, law, medicine, sociology, and social work to provide a thorough understanding of nursing home palliative care. Their broad definition of palliative care treats comfort care as appropriate across the illness experience, not just at the end of life. Because a majority of nursing home residents are older adults facing multiple, advanced chronic conditions, this book is grounded in the provision of palliative care-especially palliative psychosocial care. Yet its practice recommendations ca |
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UNINA9910830952303321 |
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Autore |
Arrillaga J |
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Flexible power transmission [[electronic resource] ] : the HVDC options / / J. Arrillaga, Y.H. Liu, N.R. Watson |
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Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, c2007 |
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1-280-97398-6 |
9786610973989 |
0-470-51186-9 |
0-470-51185-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Electric power transmission |
Electric power distribution |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Flexible Power Transmission The HVDC Options; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Conventional Power Grid; 1.1.1 Power Transfer |
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Mechanism; 1.2 Towards a More Flexible Power Grid; 1.2.1 Power Electronics Control; 1.3 HVDC Transmission; 1.3.1 Thyristor-Based CSC Transmission; 1.3.2 VSC Transmission Based on the Integrated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT); 1.3.3 Multi-terminal HVDC; 1.3.4 The Flexibility Concept Applied to HVDC; 1.4 Relative Power Carrying Capability of AC and DC Transmission Lines; 1.5 The Impact of Distributed Generation; 1.6 The Effect of Electricity Deregulation |
1.7 DiscussionReferences; 2 Semiconductor Power Devices; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Semiconductor Principles; 2.3 Power Semiconductor Elements; 2.3.1 The pn Rectifier; 2.3.2 The Transistor; 2.3.3 Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor; 2.4 Dynamic Stresses on Power Switches; 2.4.1 Rate of Change of Voltage dv/dt; 2.4.2 Rate of Change of Current di/dt; 2.4.3 Balancing Problems in Series Chains; 2.5 Other Switching Issues; 2.5.1 Switching Frequency; 2.5.2 Switching Losses; 2.5.3 Soft Switching; 2.5.4 Use of Snubbers; 2.6 Thyristor-Type Power Switches; 2.6.1 The Thyristor |
2.6.2 Gate Turn-Off Thyristor (GTO)2.6.3 Insulated Gate-Commutated Thyristor (IGCT); 2.6.4 MOS Turn-Off Thyrister (MTO); 2.6.5 MOS Controlled Thyrister (MCT); 2.6.6 Emitter Turn-Off Thyristor (ETO); 2.7 Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT); 2.7.1 IGBT (Series) Chains; 2.8 Diodes; 2.9 Prognostic Assessment; 2.9.1 Ratings and Applicability; 2.9.2 Relative Losses; References; 3 Line-Commutated HVDC Conversion; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Three-Phase AC-DC Conversion [1]; 3.2.1 Basic CSC Operating Principles; 3.2.2 Effect of Delaying the Firing Instant; 3.3 The Commutation Process |
3.3.1 Analysis of the Commutation Circuit3.4 Rectifier Operation; 3.5 Inverter Operation; 3.6 Power Factor and Reactive Power; 3.7 Characteristic Harmonics [3]; 3.7.1 DC Side Harmonics; 3.7.2 AC Side Harmonics; 3.8 Multi-Pulse Conversion; 3.8.1 Transformer Phase Shifting; 3.8.2 DC Ripple Reinjection [5]; 3.9 Uncharacteristic Harmonics and Interharmonics; 3.9.1 Imperfect AC Source; 3.9.2 DC Modulation; 3.9.3 Control System Imperfections; 3.9.4 Firing Asymmetry; 3.9.5 Magnification of Low-Order Harmonics; 3.10 Harmonic Reduction by Filters; 3.10.1 AC Side Filters; 3.10.2 DC Side Filters |
3.11 Frequency Cross-Modulation Across the LCC3.12 Summary; References; 4 Self-Commutating Conversion; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Voltage Source Conversion; 4.2.1 VSC Operating Principles; 4.2.2 Converter Components; 4.2.3 The Three-Phase VSC; 4.3 Comparison of LCC and VSC; 4.4 Current Source Conversion; 4.4.1 Analysis of the CSC Waveforms [2]; 4.5 The Reinjection Concept with Self-Commutation; 4.5.1 Application to VSC; 4.5.2 Application to CSC; 4.6 Discussion; References; 5 Pulse Width Modulation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 PWM Operating Principles; 5.3 Selective Harmonic Cancellation |
5.4 Sinusoidal (Carrier-Based) PWM |
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The development of power semiconductors with greater ratings and improved characteristics has meant that the power industry has become more willing to develop new converter configurations. These new configurations take advantage of the higher controllability and switching frequencies of the new devices. The next few years will decide which of the proposed technologies will dominate future power transmission systems. Flexible Power Transmission is a comprehensive guide to the high voltage direct current (HVDC) options available, helping the reader to make informed decisions for desi |
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