Topics in palliative care

Palliative care focuses on the management of disease symptoms that produce discomfort and pain, compromise function, or otherwise undermine the quality of life of patients with progressive medical disorders. It is a fundamental part of clinical practice, the necessary companion to therapies directed...

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Autor principal: Portenoy, Russell K.
Outros Autores: Russell K. Portenoy; Eduardo Bruera
Idioma:Undetermined
English
Publicado em: New York Oxford University Press 2001
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Resumo:Palliative care focuses on the management of disease symptoms that produce discomfort and pain, compromise function, or otherwise undermine the quality of life of patients with progressive medical disorders. It is a fundamental part of clinical practice, the necessary companion to therapies directed at the prolongation of life and the cure of disease. As a clinical specialty, palliative care is just beginning to define itself in the United States. The appearance of Topics in Palliative Care meets the growing need for information in this rapidly evolving field
Descrição Física:316 p.
ill.
25 cm
ISBN:0195102444
9780195102444