Palliative Care
- ISBN-10
- 0191006793
- ISBN-13
- 9780191006791
- Series
- Palliative Care
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-03-19
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Authors
- Christina Faull, Kerry Blankley
Description
The care of patients with advanced and terminal illness can be extremely rewarding but often causes professionals a considerable amount of discomfort. This is especially so when you feel under confident in your abilities to provide a high quality of symptom management and relief from distress and to communicate appropriately with patients. Patients with advanced disease present some of the most challenging ethical, physical, psychological and social issues to clinicians and indeed to society. Patients need us to be knowledgeable, skilful and understanding. The fully revised and updated new edition of Palliative Care outlines the fundamental principles and facts which will enable you to make a very real difference to your patients and their families. Information is provided in an accessible, user-friendly way and covers a wide range of physical and non-physical symptom management. Multi-professional team work is addressed, as is the role and support of families. There is also a consideration of the dilemmas and decisions that may be encountered by doctors around the end of a patient's life. This practical resource, designed to provoke contemplative professional development, and enhance learning will be essential reading for nursing and medical practitioners, and other professionals who support patients in their homes, in care homes, and in hospital.
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- 2019-01-02
- 288 pages
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- 2019
- 313 pages
- Paperback
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