Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology - Hardcover

Berger, Ann; Portenoy MD, Russell K.; Weissman, D.E.; Berger, Ann M.

 
9780781733243: Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0781733243 ISBN 13: 9780781733243
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2002

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised and updated for its Second Edition, this volume is a practical guide to the management of the myriad symptoms and quality-of-life issues that occur in patients with cancer - including newly diagnosed patients, patients undergoing treatment, cancer survivors, and patients whose disease is no longer curable. The interdisciplinary group of contributors includes leading experts in hospice care and palliative medicine, oncology, nursing, neurology, psychiatry, anesthesiology, and pharmacology. More than thirty chapters cover the symptoms and syndromes that can result from cancer or its treatment. Other chapters describe the variety of interventions available for alleviating these symptoms. Close attention is also given to hospice programs, terminal care, and ethical dilemmas in palliative and end-of-life care. This edition features new chapters on complementary and alternative medicine, nutritional support, bone pain, cross-cultural issues, palliative care in the ICU, physiatric approaches to pain, and outcomes assessments in palliative care.

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Publisher
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0781733243
ISBN 13 
9780781733243
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
1200