Essentials of Palliative Care [Paperback]

Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees.? It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including psychological management, guidance on how to help patients and their families through the many healthcare decision points they face, and sensitivity to the goals and culture of the patient.? Review questions, with detailed answers, provide a convenient way for readers to test their knowledge.

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????????? Concise, comprehensive, clinically focused

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????????? Expert contributors from leading institutions

????????? Coordination of care by palliative care team a major focus

Anchored in case scenarios, this book covers patient assessment and pain and symptom management, and such practical topics as psychological management, helping patients and their families through decision points, and sensitivity to patient goals and culture.

Table of Contents

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Essentials of Palliative Care

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Nalini Vadivelu, Alan D. Kaye, Jack M. Berger, editors

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Dedications

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Foreword

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Preface

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Contributors

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1. Introduction and Education

Ang?le Ryan and Jack M. Berger

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2. Multidisciplinary Approach and Coordination of Care?????