Clinical Manual of Palliative Care for Any Setting

Toward Universal Contextually-Adapted Access
Herausgeber: Krakauer, Eric L

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Clinical Manual of Palliative Care for Any Setting is an easy-to-use manual aimed at helping medical doctors, clinical officers, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals to provide high-quality palliative care in any setting, including where healthcare resources are limited.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780197755617
• ISBN-10: 0197755615
• Artikelnr.: 74362185

Autorenporträt

Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD, is Director of the Program in Global Palliative Care and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He is also an Attending Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Honorary Chair, Department of Palliative Medicine, at the University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Introduction: Why a manual of palliative care for the developing
world?
* 2. Palliative care assessment
* 3. Pain assessment and relief
* 4. Assessment and relief of other physical, psychological, social and
spiritual suffering
* 5. Palliative care for patients with specific conditions
* 6. Palliative care emergencies
* 7. Pediatric palliative care
* 8. Palliative care nursing
* 9. End of life care
* 10. Integration of palliative care into healthcare systems
* Annexes
* Index