| Description |
xx, 1666 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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text |
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unmediated |
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volume |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The worldwide status of palliative care / edited by Russ Portenoy, Debbie Ashby, and Stein Kaasa -- The challenge of palliative medicine / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Stein Kaasa -- The interdisciplinary team / edited by Stein Kaasa [and others] -- Ethical issues / edited by Nathan I. Cherny -- Communication and palliative medicine / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Nathan I. Cherny -- Research in palliative medicine / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Nathan I. Cherny -- The principles of drug use in palliative medicine / edited by Stein Kaasa -- Disease modifying management in advanced cancer / edited by Stein Kaasa, Nathan I. Cherny, and Debbie Ashby -- The management of common symptoms and disorders / edited by Stein Kaasa [and others] -- Issues in specific neoplastic disease / edited by Stein Kaasa, Marie Fallon, and Russ Portenoy. |
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Palliative medicine in non-malignant disease / edited by Stein Kaasa [and others] -- Paediatric palliative medicine / edited by Marie Fallon -- Geriatric palliative medicine / edited by Russ Portenoy and Nicholas Christakis -- Psychiatric, psychosocial, and spiritual issues in palliative medicine / edited by Nathan I. Cherny and Stein Kaasa -- Medical rehabilitation and the palliative care patient / edited by Marie Fallon -- Complementary therapies in palliative medicine / edited by Russ Portenoy -- Palliative care in the home / edited by Debbie Ashby -- The terminal phase / edited by Nicholas Christakis and Nathan I. Cherny -- Education and training in palliative medicine / edited by Marie Fallon. |
| Summary |
Emphasising the multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care, the fourth edition of this text also looks at the individual professional roles that contribute to the best-quality palliative care. |
| Medical Subject |
Palliative Care.
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Pain Management.
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| Add Title |
Textbook of palliative medicine |
| Add Author |
Hanks, Geoffrey W. C.
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| ISBN |
9780198570295 (alk. paper) |
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0198570295 (alk. paper) |
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9780199693146 |
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0199693145 |
| LCCN |
2009026405 |
| OCLC # |
316430134 |
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