Topics in Palliative Care: Volume 2

by Eduardo D. Bruera

Book Overview

The rapidly evolving field of Palliative Care focuses on the management of phenomena that produce discomfort and that undermine the quality of life of patients with incurable medical disorders. The interdisciplinary clinical purview includes those factors - physical, psychological, social, and spiritual - that contribute to suffering, undermine quality of life, and prevent a death with comfort and dignity. Palliative Care is a fundamental part of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102452
• ISBN13: 9780195102451
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.5"