Handbook of palliative care [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christina Faull ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.029; 616/.029
• Soggetto topico: Palliative treatment
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FaullChristina
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: What is palliative care? / Christina Faull -- Palliative primary care / Dan Munday and Roger Charlton -- User voices in palliative care / Neil Small -- Choice, equality, and diversity / Aziz Sheikh, Liz Grant, and Joanna Dunn -- Ethical issues in palliative care / Sharon deCaestecker -- Communication skills in palliative care / Sharon deCaestecker -- Adapting to death, dying, and bereavement / Christina Faull and Sue Taplin -- Advance care planning / Richard Wong -- Pain and it's management / Alex Nicholson -- The management of gastrointestinal symptoms and advanced liver disease / Christina Faull, Andrew Chilton, and Wendy Prentice -- The management of respiratory symptoms and advanced COPD / Christine Jones -- Managing complications of cancer / Rachael Barton, Mandy Whittingham, and Debbie Allanson -- Palliative care for people with progressive neurological disorders / David Oliver -- ; Palliative care for people with HIV infection and aids / Surinder Singh and Nick Theobald -- Palliative care for children / Hal Siden and Camara Van Breeman -- Palliative care for adolescents and young adults / Daniel Kelly, Victoria Lidstone, and Jo Griffiths -- Palliative care in advanced dementia / Rachael Dixon -- Palliative care in advanced heart disease / Ryan Liebscher and Fraser Black -- Palliative care in advanced renal disease / Deb Braithwaite -- Pressure area care and the management of fungating wounds / Mary Walding -- Terminal care and dying / Christina Faull and Alex Nicholson -- The syringe driver and medicines management in palliative care / Christine Hirsch and Maria McKenna -- Complementary approaches to palliative cancer care / Elizabeth Thompson and Catherine Zollman -- Spirituality in palliative care / Megory Anderson.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Practical and Comprehensive Introduction to the Field of Palliative Medicine ""This is not so much a handbook of palliative care as the handbook of palliative care."" -Palliative Medicine The Third Edition of the BMA's 1999 Medical Book of the Year provides valuable insights into the complex issues that arise in the delivery of palliative care. It is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in palliative care no matter what the setting-be it hospital, hospice, or community. Handbook of Palliative Care, Third Edition provides the what, how, and why
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of palliative care
• ISBN: 1-118-42686-X; 1-299-15770-X; 1-118-42684-3; 1-118-42681-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141496803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II