Handbook of Palliative Care: Edition 2
Christina Faull · Yvonne H. Carter · Lilian Daniels
Apr 2008 · John Wiley & Sons
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504
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About this ebook
This handbook is a practical and comprehensive introduction to the field of palliative medicine. It provides clear insight into many of the complex issues that arise in the delivery of palliative care and will be an invaluable resource to all disciplines involved in palliative care in hospital, hospice and community settings.
1st Edition was the WINNER of the 1999 BMA Medical Book of the Year Prize
Why you should buy this book
- Comprehensive and authoritative text with a very practical and thorough approach
- Written by competent experts in the areas of their contributions
- New sections on heart failure, respiratory failure and end-stage renal failure
- Coverage of medicine management and complementary medicine in palliative care
- Discusses important areas of audit and ethical issues in palliative medicine
“The second edition responds to evaluative comments on the first edition in strengthening its multidisciplinary focus and providing a broader professional approach through both the editorial team and contributors. It aims, as before, to embrace practical issues as well as to provide an evidence-based and empirical approach...”
From the Preface
About the author
Dr Christina Faull MB BS BMedSci MRCP MD, Senior Lecturer
Professor Yvonne Carter BSc MB BS MD FRCGP DRCOG DCH, School of Medicine & Dentistry, St Barts & The Royal London Hospital, London
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