Format:
1 online resource (1409 pages)
Edition:
6th ed.
ISBN:
9780192554550
Content:
Written by an established, comprehensive, multidisciplinary focused, internationally-recognized team, the sixth edition has been fully revised and brought up to date with the inclusion of recent developments in the speciality, to ensure that it retains its reputation as the definitive reference on palliative care.
Content:
Cover -- Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Free personal online accessfor five years -- SECTION 1 -- 1.1 International progress in the development of palliative medicine -- 1.2 Essential medicines for palliative care -- 1.3 Human rights issues -- 1.4 Policy in palliative care -- SECTION 2 -- 2.1 Building definitional consensus in palliative care -- 2.2 Core concepts in palliative care -- 2.3 The epidemiology of death and symptoms: planning for population-based palliative care -- 2.4 Barriers to the delivery of palliative care -- 2.5 Ethnic and cultural aspects of palliative and end of life care -- 2.6 Health economics for palliative care -- SECTION 3 -- 3.1 Specialist palliative care along the trajectory of illness: issues in the early integration of palliative care -- 3.2 Palliative care delivery models -- 3.3 Palliative medicine in the intensive care unit -- 3.4 Palliative care in the emergency department -- 3.5 Palliative care in the nursing home -- SECTION 4 -- 4.1 The core team and the extended team -- 4.2 Burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress in palliative care -- 4.3 Nursing education in palliative care -- 4.4 Social work in palliative care -- 4.5 The role of the chaplain in palliative care -- 4.6 Occupational therapy in palliative care -- 4.7 The role of the creative arts in palliative care -- 4.8 The role of the dietitian in palliative care -- 4.9 Physiotherapy in palliative care -- 4.10 Speech and language therapy in palliative care -- 4.11 Clinical psychology in palliative care -- 4.12 The contribution of the clinical pharmacist in palliative care -- 4.13 Medical rehabilitation and the palliative care patient -- SECTION 5 -- 5.1 Communication with the patient and family -- 5.2 Practical considerations including difficult conversations.
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Additional Edition:
9780198821328
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Oxford textbook of palliative medicine Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 9780198821328
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
Keywords:
Palliativtherapie
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