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4th edition |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 612 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Previous editions of this work were published as A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients, by Janet L. Abrahm, MD."--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Part I. Team approach. Early days ; Working with patients' families ; Spirtual care in palliative care ; Sexuality, intimacy, and cancer ; Advancing disease -- Part II. Pain control, symptom management, and psychological considerations. Assessing the patient in pain ; Pharmacologic management of cancer pain ; Nonpharmacologic strategies in palliative care ; Psychological considerations ; Managing other distressing problems -- Part III. End of life and bereavement. Approaching the end: concerns of patients and their families at the end of life ; The last days ; Bereavement. |
| Summary |
"This new edition features three new chapters--'Spiritual Care in Palliative Care,''Psychological Considerations,'and'Bereavement'--as well as specific guidelines about advance care planning at all phases of cancer, understanding complex family dynamics and communication challenges, partnering with interpreters in the care of patients and family members with limited English-language proficiency, special considerations to take into account for LGBTQ+ patients and their loved ones, caring for patients who have a serious mental illness along with a cancer diagnosis, nonpharmacologic management of pain and other symptoms associated with cancer or its treatment" - Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical refrences and index |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Palliative treatment.
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Pain -- Treatment.
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Palliative treatment.
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Pain.
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Neoplasms |
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Palliative Care |
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Pain |
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Cancer -- Traitement palliatif.
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Douleur -- Traitement.
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Soins palliatifs.
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Douleur.
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Cancer -- Palliative treatment
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Pain -- Treatment
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| Added Author |
Daubman, Bethany-Rose, 1985- author.
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Collins, Molly E., 1980- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Abrahm, Janet L. Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer. 4th ed. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022 9781421443904 |
| ISBN |
9781421443904 (electronic bk.) |
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1421443902 (electronic bk.) |
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9781421443898 paperback |
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9781421443980 hardcover |
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9781421444048 (electronic bk.) |
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1421444046 (electronic bk.) |
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1421443988 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000074596027 |
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