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Palliative aspects in emergency care

Title
Palliative aspects in emergency care / edited by Paul L. DeSandre, Tammie E. Quest.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, [2013], ©2013.

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Additional Authors
  • DeSandre, Paul L.
  • Quest, Tammie E.
Description
xviii, 134 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Oxford American palliative care library
Uniform Title
Oxford American palliative care library.
Subject
  • Palliative treatment
  • Emergency medical services
  • Palliative Care
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Hospice Care
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Overview -- Trajectories and prognostication in emergency care -- Rapid palliative care assessment -- Cancer emergencies -- Malignant pain -- Non-malignant pain -- Symptom management -- Spiritual suffering and bereavement -- Communication -- Resuscitation, family presence, and last hours of living -- Hospice -- Legal and ethical issues of palliative care in the emergency.
ISBN
  • 9780199895618 (alk. paper)
  • 0199895619 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2012041603
OCLC
  • ocn813301076
  • 813301076
  • SCSB-8860481
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries