Description
| Product ID: | 9781138648623 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Hospice and Palliative Care |
| Subtitle: | The Essential Guide |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen R. Connor |
| Page Count: | 290 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Sociology: death and dying, Social work, Medical sociology, Palliative medicine, Psychotherapy, Geriatric nursing, Midwifery, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Sociology: death & dying, Social work, Medical sociology, Palliative medicine, Psychotherapy, Geriatric nursing, Midwifery, Health & personal development |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The third edition of Hospice and Palliative Care is the essential guide to the hospice and palliative care movement both within the United States and around the world. The third edition of Hospice and Palliative Care is the essential guide to the hospice and palliative care movement both within the United States and around the world. Chapters provide mental-health and medical professionals with a comprehensive overview of the hospice practice as well as discussions of challenges and the future direction of the hospice movement. Updates to the new edition include advances in spiritual assessment and care, treatment of prolonged and complicated grief, provision of interdisciplinary palliative care in limited-resource settings, significant discussion of assisted suicide, primary healthcare including oncology, and more. Staff and volunteers new to the field along with experienced care providers and those using hospice and palliative care services will find this essential reading. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-07-06 |
