Palliative Practices: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Published by Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2005
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Examining the integration of palliative interventions from a disease-specific approach, this book provides practical guidance on caring for patients who follow a progressive, chronic disease trajectory prior to death. It addresses the aspects of palliative care, theoretical information to advise practitioners on the management of common symptoms.
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- Title
- Palliative Practices: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Author
- Crystal Moore
- Publisher
- Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0323028217
- ISBN 13
- 9780323028219
- Expert authors in the field of palliative care - an oncology/palliative care nurse practitioner, an MD, and a social worker - represent the collaborative nature of caring for chronically ill patients.
- The most common illnesses that cause death in the United States are addressed in separate chapters on specific disease states: Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Nephrology, Oncology, and Neurology.
- Case studies at the conclusion of each chapter illustrate important patient scenarios in the context of clinical practice.
- Comprehensive drug information for symptom management and comfort measures is provided in an appendix, as well as palliative care assessment tools and helpful website resources.
- An entire chapter is devoted to cancer pain.
- Objectives at the beginning of each chapter introduce the reader to concepts that will be addressed in that chapter.
- Each chapter ends with multiple-choice objective questions to test the reader's comprehension, with answers and rationales provided in the back of book.
- Prognostic tables demonstrate precisely how and when to integrate palliative interventions into the course of an advanced illness, identifying prognostic indicators where appropriate.
- Other important topics are covered with chapters on sleep, ethics, cultural and spiritual issues, and the dying process.
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