Essentials of Palliative Care

Autor: Nalini (Hrsg.) Vadivelu
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ISBN: 978-1-4614-5163-1
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Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees.  It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including psychological management, guidance on how to help patients and their families through the many healthcare decision points they face, and sensitivity to the goals and culture of the patient.  Review questions, with detailed answers, provide a convenient way for readers to test their knowledge.

 Features:

·         Concise, comprehensive, clinically focused

·         Multiple choice review questions, with detailed answers

·         Expert contributors from leading institutions

·         Coordination of care by palliative care team a major focus

From the reviews:

"A truly multidisciplinary collaboration among nurses, social workers, anesthesiologists, internists, and more. ? wonderful reflection of how palliative care should operate on a daily basis, through teamwork and collaboration. ? well-edited ? . extremely well-written and very informative ? . another step forward for the field of palliative care." (Andrew Thurston, Anesthesiology, Vol. 119 (5), November, 2013)


Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees.  It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including psychological management, guidance on how to help patients and their families through the many healthcare decision points they face, and sensitivity to the goals and culture of the patient.  Review questions, with detailed answers, provide a convenient way for readers to test their knowledge.

 Features:

·         Concise, comprehensive, clinically focused

·         Multiple choice review questions, with detailed answers

·         Expert contributors from leading institutions

·         Coordination of care by palliative care team a major focus

From the reviews:

"A truly multidisciplinary collaboration among nurses, social workers, anesthesiologists, internists, and more. ? wonderful reflection of how palliative care should operate on a daily basis, through teamwork and collaboration. ? well-edited ? . extremely well-written and very informative ? . another step forward for the field of palliative care." (Andrew Thurston, Anesthesiology, Vol. 119 (5), November, 2013)


Autor Nalini (Hrsg.) Vadivelu
Verlag Springer New York
Einband Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
Seitenangabe 540 S.
Ausgabekennzeichen Englisch
Abbildungen Paperback
Masse H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.9 cm 809 g
Auflage 2013

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