Palliative Care in Oncology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Alt-Epping, Bernd (Editor), Nauck, Friedemann (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Nursing.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.

Palliative care provides comprehensive support for severely affected patients with any life-limiting or life-threatening diagnosis. To do this effectively, it requires a disease-specific approach as the patients’ needs and clinical context will vary depending on the underlying diagnosis. Experts in...