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- Care of the Dying Patient
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Missouri Press
summary
Although the need for improved care for dying patients is widely recognized and frequently discussed, few books address the needs of the physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, hospice team members, and pastoral counselors involved in care. Care of the Dying Patient contains material not found in other sources, offering advice and solutions to anyone—professional caregiver or family member—confronted with incurable illness and death. Its authors have lectured and published extensively on care of the dying patient and here review a wide range of topics to show that relief of physical suffering is not the only concern in providing care.
This collection encompasses diverse aspects of end-of-life care across multiple disciplines, offering a broad perspective on such central issues as control of pain and other symptoms, spirituality, the needs of caregivers, and special concerns regarding the elderly. In its pages, readers will find out how to:
While physicians have the ability to treat disease, they also help to determine the time and place of death, and they must recognize that end-of-life choices are made more complex than ever before by advances in medicine and at the same time increasingly important. Care of the Dying Patient addresses some of the challenges frequently confronted in terminal care and points the way toward a more compassionate way of death.
This collection encompasses diverse aspects of end-of-life care across multiple disciplines, offering a broad perspective on such central issues as control of pain and other symptoms, spirituality, the needs of caregivers, and special concerns regarding the elderly. In its pages, readers will find out how to:
- effectively utilize palliative-care services and activate timely referral to hospice,
- arrange for care that takes into account patients’ cultural beliefs, and
- respond to spiritual and psychological distress, including the loss of hope that often overshadows physical suffering.
While physicians have the ability to treat disease, they also help to determine the time and place of death, and they must recognize that end-of-life choices are made more complex than ever before by advances in medicine and at the same time increasingly important. Care of the Dying Patient addresses some of the challenges frequently confronted in terminal care and points the way toward a more compassionate way of death.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Part 1: Control of Suffering
- Part 2: The Needs of Special Populations
- Part 3: Psychological and Spiritual Needs
- Notes on the Contributors
- pp. 145-150
- Back Cover
- p. BC
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826272218
Related ISBN(s)
9780826218742, 9780826218902
MARC Record
OCLC
868218089
Pages
176
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2010