A Hospice Guide Book : Hospice Care: a Wise Choice Providing Quality Comfort Care Through the End of Life's Journey EPUB
by Dr. Curtis E. Smith
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When you or a loved one are diagnosed with a terminal illness, you wonder what can be done to make life easier and more meaningful during the remaining time on earth. In A Hospice Guide Book, author Dr. Curtis E. Smith shows how the concept of hospice, which emphasizes the important provisions of comfort care through the end-of-life journey, can help terminal patients die a comfortable, peaceful death with dignity.
A resource for families, patients, and health care providers, A Hospice Guide Book provides a thorough explanation of the hospice concept. It discusses
the definition of hospice care and its origins;
hospice fallacies, myths, and facts;
alternative care modalities;
the hospice team and its responsibilities;
levels of care and treatment;
pain and pain management;
hospice residences;
end of life care.
A Hospice Guide Book presents a plethora of information about hospice, enabling those who could become hospice patients the opportunity to receive the benefit of expert comfort care; pain control management; symptom control; and emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial support as they live with their terminal illness during the end-of-life journey and peacefully transition from this life to the next.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Inspiring Voices
- Publication Date:04/01/2012
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- ISBN:9781462400133
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Inspiring Voices
- Publication Date:04/01/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781462400133
