Research Catalog

Title

Oxford American handbook of hospice and palliative medicine / edited by Sriram Yennurajalingam, Eduardo Bruera.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011], ©2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bruera, Eduardo.
• Yennurajalingam, Sriram.

Description

xv, 488 pages : illustrations; 18 cm.

Summary

This handbook provides a source of information about the day to day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. Evidence based, topically focused content is supplemented by extensive tables and algorithms. The table of contents and balance of coverage follows the core curriculum of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, thus meeting the educational and clinical information needs of students, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners. An expert team of clinicians, led by the editor address approach to care; psychosocial and spiritual issues; impending death; grief and bereavement; assessment and management of pain; management of non pain symptoms such as nausea, dyspnea, depression, insomnia, and bleeding; communication and team work; and ethical and legal decision making.

Series Statement

Oxford American handbooks in medicine

Uniform Title

Oxford American handbooks.

Alternative Title

Handbook of hospice and palliative medicine

Subjects

• Hospice care > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Palliative treatment > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Hospices
• Palliative Care
• Handbook

Genre/Form

Handbook.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9780195380156 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0195380150 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011012546

OCLC

• ocn669754015
• 669754015
• SCSB-8860543

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries