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ABC of Palliative Care
Marie Fallon (Edited by), M Fallon (Author), Geoffrey Hanks (Edited by)
9781405130790, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 11 September 2006
96 pages
29.7 x 21.1 x 0.6 cm, 0.336 kg
This brand new edition pulls together the most up-to-date information on this complex, multidisciplinary area in a practical, user-friendly manner. It deals with the important social and psychological aspects for palliative care of people with incurable diseases including quality of life, communication and bereavement issues.
Contributors vi Foreword viii 1 The principles of palliative care 1 2 The principles of control of cancer pain 4 3 Difficult pain 8 4 Breathlessness, cough, and other respiratory problems 13 5 Oral health in patients with advanced disease 17 6 Anorexia, cachexia, nutrition, and fatigue 21 7 Nausea and vomiting 25 8 Constipation, diarrhoea, and intestinal obstruction 29 9 Depression, anxiety, and confusion 36 10 Emergencies 40 11 The last 48 hours 44 12 Palliative care for children 48 13 Communication 52 14 The carers 56 15 Chronic non-malignant disease 59 16 Community palliative care 68 17 Bereavement 74 18 Complementary therapies 78 Index 83
Balfour Mount, Geoffrey Hanks, Lorna McGoldrick
Marie Fallon, Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan Cherny
Lesley Colvin, Karen Forbes, Marie Fallon
Carol Davis, Gillian Percy
Jeremy Bagg, Andrew Davies
Kenneth Fearon, Matthew Barber
Kathryn Mannix
Nigel Sykes, Carla Ripamonti, Eduardo Bruera, Debra Gordon
Mari Lloyd-Williams
Stephen Falk, Colette Reid
James Adam
Ann Goldman
David Jeffrey
Julia Addington-Hall, Amanda Ramirez
Marie Fallon, Joanna Chambers, Francis Dunn, Raymond Voltz, Gian Borasio, Rob George, Roger Woodruff
Keri Thomas
Marilyn Relf
Michelle Kohn, Jane Maher
Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]
