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

• Autore: Enck Robert E
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/75
• Soggetto topico: Palliative treatment; Terminal care
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The medical care of terminally ill patients
• ISBN: 0-8018-7546-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808796003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Johns Hopkins Series in Hematology/Oncology