The Hospice Handbook - A Complete Guide

In recent years hospice care has gone from a little-known medical alternative to a major movement in health care. By emphasizing palliative care and pain management rather than curative treatment, hospices allow the terminally ill to spend the last days, week, or months of their lives in their own homes, cared for by their families under the supervision of a team of specially trained hospice workers that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, and volunteers. The Hospice Handbook assures us that the terminally ill do have options, and the quality of their lives can still be within their control.

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Larry Beresford

Résumé

In recent years hospice care has gone from a little-known medical alternative to a major movement in health care. By emphasizing palliative care and pain management rather than curative treatment, hospices allow the terminally ill to spend the last days, week, or months of their lives in their own homes, cared for by their families under the supervision of a team of specially trained hospice workers that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, and volunteers. The Hospice Handbook assures us that the terminally ill do have options, and the quality of their lives can still be within their control.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Beresford, Larry Beresford
• Edition: Little, Brown Book Group
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 10.10.2011
• EAN: 9780316091381
• ISBN: 978-0-316-09138-1
• Pages: 192
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Général; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General, Popular medicine & health, Home nursing & caring, Home nursing and caring, Popular medicine and health, Nursing and ancillary services, Nursing & ancillary services, MEDICAL / Pain Management, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Home nursing and caring / Advice for caregivers