Topics in Palliative Care: Volume 5

by Eduardo D. Bruera and Russell K. Portenoy

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 the quality of life, and prevent a death with comfort and dignity. Palliative Care is a fundamental part...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195132203
• ISBN13: 9780195132205
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.5"