Library Services | Technical University of Kenya

Your cart is empty.
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Palliative Care in Clinical Practice [electronic resource] / by Giovambattista Zeppetella.

By: Zeppetella, Giovambattista [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XIII, 296 p. 150 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781447128434.Subject(s): Medicine | Family medicine | Internal medicine | Oncology | Pain Medicine | Medicine & Public Health | Pain Medicine | General Practice / Family Medicine | Internal Medicine | OncologyDDC classification: 616.0472 Online resources: Click here to access online
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 and trainees in the field, Palliative Care in Clinical Practice offers an accessible and practical introduction to palliative medicine, including a chapter devoted to each of the key areas of symptom management. Clearly and concisely written and fully illustrated throughout, it will be a useful resource for all healthcare professionals who wish to gain an understanding of this important aspect of medicine.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

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.

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 and trainees in the field, Palliative Care in Clinical Practice offers an accessible and practical introduction to palliative medicine, including a chapter devoted to each of the key areas of symptom management. Clearly and concisely written and fully illustrated throughout, it will be a useful resource for all healthcare professionals who wish to gain an understanding of this important aspect of medicine.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.

2017 | The Technical University of Kenya Library | +254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672 | library@tukenya.ac.ke | Haile Selassie Avenue