Drugs in Palliative Care

by Andrew Dickman

Book Overview

While palliative care has adopted a holistic approach to treatment, medication driven symptom management ostensibly forms the critical aspect of care. Pharmacological therapy can be extremely complex because these patients often have coexisting medical conditions in addition to symptoms caused by their terminal disease. The resulting polypharmacy can be daunting for professionals and can negatively impact on effectiveness of care.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199660395
• ISBN13: 9780199660391
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.0" x 7.0"