Palliative care

by Faull, Christina

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Title Statements

Full title :Palliative care / Christina Faull, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, LOROS, the Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice and the University Hospitals of Leicester, Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine, Centre for Promotion of Excellence In Palliative Care, de Montfort University, Leicester, and Kerry Blankley, Education Facilitator, LOROS, the Leichestershire and Rutland Hospice, Honorary Lecturer, Centre for Promotion of Excellence in Palliative Care, de Montfort Universty, Leicester.

Summary

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.

Patients with advanced disease present some of the most challenging ethical, physical, psychological and social issues to clinicians and to society. This fully revised and updated new edition of 'Palliative Care' outlines the fundamental principles and facts which will enable palliative medicine staff to make a very real difference to 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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191006791, 0191006793, 9780191772092, 0191772097, 0198702418, 9780198702412, 1336099143, 9781336099142
oclc:ocn904338887
LC Classification:R726.8
Dewey Decimal:362.175

Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Palliative care: principles, challenges, and patient outcomes -- 2 Palliative care assessment, communication, and challenging situations -- 3 Psychosocial and spiritual components of care -- 4 Decisions and care around the end of life -- 5 Physical symptom control: how to do it well -- 6 The syringe driver: a useful way to deliver drugs -- 7 Regulations, legal duties, and financial support for patients -- 8 Core competences in palliative care -- 9 Further information about palliative care services and useful resources -- Index.