Palliative Medicine

A Case-based Manual

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

1997
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-262657-8 (ISBN)

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This text uses a series of cases to illustrate critical points in palliative medicine. It features the match-up of the case discussions with curricular objectives in order to illustrate the desired attitudes, skills, and knowledge outlined in the curriculum.

Palliative care is a growing area in the undergraduate medical curriculum, with many schools adopting a case-based approach to teaching. This text uses a series of cases to illustrate critical points in palliative medicine. A feature of the book is the match-up of the case discussions with curricular objectives. The contributing authors use their case discussions to illustrate the desired attitudes, skills, and knowledge outlined in the curriculum. Chapters include sleep disorders, ethics, cultural issues and anorexia-cachexia, as well as the more commonly considered areas. This book is intended for undergraduate medical students, residents and training physicians, nurses and practicing clinicians working in palliative care.

1: Anorexia-cachexia syndrome. 2: Anxiety and depression. 3: Asthenia. 4: Bowel obstruction. 5: Cognitive impairment. 6: Constipation. 7: Cough. 8: Decubitus ulcers. 9: Dehydration. 10: Dyspnea. 11: Genito-urinary symptoms. 12: Lymphoedema. 13: Mouth care. 14: Multifocal myoclonus. 15: Nausea and vomiting. 16: Basic steps in the management of cancer pain. 17: Bone pain. 18: Neuropathic pain. 19: Visceral pain. 20: Sleep disorders. 21: Communication with patient and family. 22: Impact of differences in care of the terminally ill. 23: An approach to ethical issues. 24: Grief and bereavement. 25: Home care of dying patients. 26: Social impact of illness. 27: Meeting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.1997
Zusatzinfo	8 line figures, bibliography
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Gewicht	532 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung
ISBN-10	0-19-262657-4 / 0192626574
ISBN-13	978-0-19-262657-8 / 9780192626578
Zustand	Neuware