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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808796003321

Autore

Enck Robert E

Titolo

The Medical care of terminally ill patients / / Robert E. Enck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8018-7546-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

The Johns Hopkins Series in Hematology/Oncology

Disciplina

362.1/75

Soggetti

Palliative treatment

Terminal care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - The Prognostication of Survival; Part I - The Management of Symptoms Common among Dying Patients; Chapter 2 - General Symptoms of Dying Patients; Chapter 3 - Other Problems of Patients with Cancer; Chapter 4 - Other Problems of Patients with Nonmalignant Diseases; Chapter 5 - Palliative Surgery; Part I I - The Management of Pain; Chapter 6 - An Overview of Pain Management; Chapter 7 - Opioids; Chapter 8 - Adjuvant Analgesic Drugs; Chapter 9 - Complications of Pharmacologic Therapy; Chapter 10 - Bone Pain

Chapter 11 - Surgery and Other Nonpharmacologic Interventions to Manage PainPart I I I - The Management of Symptoms during the Last Few Days; Chapter 12 - The Final Moments; Chapter 13 - Issues concerning the Sustaining of Life; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Demonstrates the enormous advances that have been made in the understanding of the treatment of the terminally ill. It provides the clinician with a clear, readable and practical guide to managing clinical problems at the end of life." -- International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care Newsletter.