Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
(Part of the Oxford American Handbooks in Medicine Series)
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This handbook provides an easily navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. Succinct, evidence-based, topically focused content is supplemented by extensive tables and algorithms. The table of contents and balance of coverage follows the core curriculum of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, thus meeting the educational and clinical information needs of students, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners. An expert team of clinicians, led by world renowned Eduardo Bruera, address approach to care; psychosocial and spiritual issues; impending death; grief and bereavement; assessment and management of pain; management of non-pain symptoms such as nausea, dyspnea, depression, insomnia, and bleeding; communication and team work; and ethical and legal decision making.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195380150
ISBN13:9780195380156
Release Date:August 2011
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:504 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.3" x 4.2"
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