Essentials of Palliative Care - Softcover

 
9781461451631: Essentials of Palliative Care
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1461451639 ISBN 13: 9781461451631
Publisher: Springer, 2012

Synopsis

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

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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

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1461451639
ISBN 13 
9781461451631
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
539
Editor
Vadivelu Nalini, Kaye Alan David, Berger Jack M.

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