Palliative Care in Clinical Practice

• Main Author: Zeppetella, Giovambattista (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Oncology.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

When a person suffers from advanced, progressive illness, palliative care – treatments that improve the physical and psychological quality of life of patients and their families – can be just as important as treatments that aim to slow or prevent disease progression.  Aimed at general practitioners...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to palliative care
• 2. Communication skills
• 3. Breaking bad news
• 4. Symptom control
• 5. Palliative care emergencies
• 6. Advance care planning
• 7. Ethical issues
• 8. Prescribing in palliative care.