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Author

Faull, Christina, author.

Title Palliative care / Christina Faull, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, LOROS, the Leicestershire and Rutland Hospice and the University Hospitals of Leicester, Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine, Centre for Promotion of Excellence In Palliative Care, de Montfort University, Leicester, and Kerry Blankley, Education Facilitator, LOROS, the Leichestershire and Rutland Hospice, Honorary Lecturer, Centre for Promotion of Excellence in Palliative Care, de Montfort Universty, Leicester.

Publication Info.

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe EBSCO Medical Collection E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Edition	Second edition.
Description	1 online resource
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
Series	Oxford core texts
	Oxford medical publications
Note	Vendor-supplied metadata.
	Includes index.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This practical resource, designed to provoke contemplative professional development, and enhance learning will be essential reading for nursing and medical practitioners, and other professionals who support patients in their homes, in care homes, and in hospital.
	Patients with advanced disease present some of the most challenging ethical, physical, psychological and social issues to clinicians and to society. This fully revised and updated new edition of 'Palliative Care' outlines the fundamental principles and facts which will enable palliative medicine staff to make a very real difference to patients and their families. Information is provided in an accessible, user-friendly way and covers a wide range of physical and non-physical symptom management.
Contents	Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Palliative care: principles, challenges, and patient outcomes -- 2 Palliative care assessment, communication, and challenging situations -- 3 Psychosocial and spiritual components of care -- 4 Decisions and care around the end of life -- 5 Physical symptom control: how to do it well -- 6 The syringe driver: a useful way to deliver drugs -- 7 Regulations, legal duties, and financial support for patients -- 8 Core competences in palliative care -- 9 Further information about palliative care services and useful resources -- Index.
Subject	Palliative treatment.
	Palliative Care
	Terminal Care
	Soins palliatifs.
	Soins en phase terminale.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
	Palliative treatment
Genre/Form	Electronic book.
Added Author	Blankley, Kerry, author.
Other Form:	Print version : 9780198702412 (DLC) 2014958221 (OCoLC)909490226
ISBN	9780191006791 (electronic bk.)
	0191006793 (electronic bk.)
	9780191772092
	0191772097
	0198702418 (pbk.)
	9780198702412
	1336099143 (ebk.)
	9781336099142 (ebk.)
	9780198702412
Standard No.	AU@ 000058349115
	AU@ 000059644231