Palliative care: a case-based guide

This concise book offers an engaging case-based approach to palliative care. Experts in the field provide the essential aspects of daily practice with realcases presented as forums for the discussion of the complexities and practicalities of palliative treatment. Clearly structured, each chapter opens with bullet points highlighting the most relevant aspects of the case and points for discussion. Covering the full range of symptoms from cardiac care to pain management to wound healing, the vital elements of management are put into contextthrough insightful dissections of history, examination, and goals of care. Each chapter concludes with a section on further reading. Palliative Care: a Case-based Guide provides the clinician with a crucial set of skills to address the challenging issues related to communication and symptom management. Care-oriented and practical, this book is ideal for all health care professionals committed to providing quality, compassionate care to end-of-life patients. Unique case-based approach covers a multitude of perspectives and environments Practical guide to daily practice Helpful bullet points synthesize key aspects of management Incisive evaluation of complex clinical scenarios INDICE: Preface.- Global Palliative Care Issues.- Palliative Care Communication Issues.- Nutritional Palliative Care Issues.- Psychiatric Palliative Care Issues.- Cardiac Palliative Care Issues.- Pulmonary Palliative Care Issues.-GI Palliative Care Issues.- Palliative Pain Issues.- Palliative Wound and Skin Issues.- Issues in the Last Hours.

• ISBN: 978-1-60761-589-7
• Editorial: Humana
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 59
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés