Hospice Handbook 1993

by Larry Beresford and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Book Overview

In recent years hospice care has gone from a little-known medical alternative to a major movement in health care. By emphasizing palliative care and pain management rather than curative treatment, hospices allow the terminally ill to spend the last days, week, or months of their lives in their own homes, cared for by their families under the supervision of a team of specially trained hospice workers that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316091383
• ISBN13: 9780316091381
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"