End of life care a practical guide

• Other Authors: Kinzbrunner, Barry M. (Editor), Policzer, Joel S. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York McGraw-Hill Medical 2011
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Terminal Care > methods; Terminal Care > psychology; Palliative Care > methods; Palliative Care > psychology; Advance Directives
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• Item Description: Rev. ed. of: 20 common problems in end-of-life care / editors, Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Neal J. Weinreb, Joel S. Policzer. c2002
• Physical Description: xxii, 858 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780071545273; 0071545271

"The most thorough text available on providing patients and families with quality end-of-life care. End of Life Care: A Practical Guide offers solution-oriented coverage of the real-world issues and challenges that arise daily for clinicians caring for those with life-limiting illnesses and conditions. End of Life Care: A Practical Guide includes specific clinical guidance for pain management and other common end of life symptoms. The second edition has been made even more essential with the addition of chapter-ending Q&A for self assessment and board review, new coverage of multicultural medicine, an increased number of algorithms to assist decision making on complicated clinical, legal, and ethical issues. Six sections walk you through the complexities of caring for patients who are nearing the end of life."--Provided by publisher