Living with dying : a guide to palliative care /

Takes into account the developments in palliative care, offering advice on the aspects including drug treatment and psychological care. This handbook offers guidelines on bad news and communicating with the patient's relatives. It discusses the ethical issues in palliative care and the spiritua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Saunders, Cicely M., Dame
Other Authors:	Baines, Mary, Dunlop, R. J. (Robert J.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Edition:	3rd ed.
Series:	Oxford medical publications.
Subjects:	Terminal care. Terminally ill > Psychology. Death > Psychological aspects. Terminal Care > methods Palliative Care > methods Hospice Care > psychology Attitude to Death Palliative treatment. Terminal Care. Soins en phase terminale. Malades en phase terminale > Psychologie. Mort > Aspect psychologique. Death > Psychological aspects Terminal care Terminally ill > Psychology Stervensbegeleiding. Palliatieve behandeling. Terminally ill persons > Care Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine derived contents note: 1. Principles of palliative care
2. Terminal pain
3. The use of analgesics
4. Adjuvant therapy in pain control
5. Control of symptoms other than pain
6. Other components of total pain
7. References
8. Further reading
9. Index.