Choices in Palliative Care Issues in Health Care Delivery /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Blank, Arthur E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), O'Mahony, Sean (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Selwyn, Amy (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Health administration.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Administration.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

The average person lives with chronic disease for three to six years. Nine out of ten deaths in America are caused by chronic illness. Half of all care of HIV/AIDS patients is defined as palliative care. Keeping up with these statistics means improving on traditional concepts of palliative care to m...

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• Palliative Care for Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia: Advance Care Planning Across Transition Points
• Children and Issues Around Palliative Care
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• The Business of Palliative Medicine: Business Planning, Models of Care and Program Development
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• Ethics and the Delivery of Palliative Care.