Description
| Product ID: | 9780192625144 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Living with Dying |
| Subtitle: | A Guide to Palliative Care |
| Authors: | Author: Mary Baines, The late Cicely Saunders, Robert Dunlop |
| Page Count: | 76 |
| Subjects: | General practice / Family medicine, General practice, Oncology, Popular medicine and health, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Oncology, Popular medicine & health, Coping with death & bereavement |
| Description: | Takes into account the developments in palliative care, offering advice on the aspects including drug treatment and psychological care. This handbook offers guidelines on bad news and communicating with the patient's relatives. It discusses the ethical issues in palliative care and the spiritual aspects of dying for people of different religions. The new edition of this successful book has been up-dated to incorporate recent advances in both approach to, and treatment of, the terminally ill. Based on many years of monitoring clinical practice and research at St Christopher''s Hospice, Dame Cicely Saunders presents practical, balanced advice on the general ethical and medical principles of caring for dying patients. This will continue to be an invaluable handbook for all hospice physicians and nurses as a compassionate source of factual information. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1995-04-27 |
