Respiratory Disease : From advanced disease to bereavement Part-work (fascÃculo)
by Anna (, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Tr Spathis, Helen E. (, Specialist Registrar in Respiratory and General Medicine, Oxford, UK) Davies, Sara (, Clinical Director and Macmillan Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Associate Lecturer Booth
Part of the Oxford Specialist Handbooks in End of Life Care series
Part-work (fascÃculo)
Description
Respiratory disease is the second most common cause of death worldwide.
Patients with advanced non-malignant disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, have similar or even greater health care needs than those with advanced lung cancer.
Uncontrolled symptoms, distress, and social isolation contribute to the poor quality of life experienced by such patients.
This book provides practical guidance to professionals who care for patients with advanced respiratory disease.
It gives evidence-based advice on a wide range of topics, including management of respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms, chronic respiratory failure, and respiratory emergencies.
Recognition of when a patient may be approaching the end of life can be particularly challenging in patients with advanced respiratory disease.
Ways to facilitate prognostication are covered, along with the significant communication and ethical challenges that this phase of life can present. Written by a respiratory specialist and two palliative medicine physicians, this book will be of great value to doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals working in respiratory medicine and in palliative care, both in relation to everyday clinical practice as well as meeting the requirements for postgraduate exams.
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Out of stock
- Format:Part-work (fascÃculo)
- Pages:320 pages, 6 black and white line drawings and 3 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/02/2011
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- ISBN:9780199564033
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Out of stock
- Format:Part-work (fascÃculo)
- Pages:320 pages, 6 black and white line drawings and 3 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/02/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199564033
