Stepping Into Palliative Care - Care and Practice

Informationen zum Autor Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care Klappentext Available in two companion volumes! this title focuses on symptom management! emergencies! bereavement and spirituality. Including numerous examples! illustrations and references! it also contains boxes! tables! figures! self-assessment questions! points for reflection and case studies to aid comprehension. Zusammenfassung The second edition of this highly successful text has been greatly expanded and updated, and is now available in two companion volumes Inhaltsverzeichnis Assessment in palliative care. Introduction to pain management. Symptom management: a framework. Continuous subcutaneous infusion. Mouthcare. Lymphoedema. Wound care. Emergencies in palliative care. The last few days of life. Terminal restlessness. Breaking bad news. Hearing the pain of the carer. Spirituality and palliative care. Bereavement. Complementary therapies: a therapeutic model for palliative care. The special needs of the neurological patient.

Product details

• Authors: Jo Cooper, Cooper Jo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2001
• EAN: 9781857757927
• ISBN: 978-1-85775-792-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Palliative Medicine, MEDICAL / Pain Management