Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care: Systemic Reviews and Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines for 15 Common Problems in Patients with

By Arthur G. Lipman

Book Overview

Through case studies and clinical research, this reliable reference offers medical professionals innovative recommendations and suggestions for drug therapies that will improve the lives of patients who are in pain due to life-threatening diseases. Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care provides you with guidelines for treatment that will help meet the patient's last wishes, improve the quality of life for patients and their families, and lessen physical and emotional pain. Examining ways to alleviate the various ailments that patients endure, such as depression and dyspnea as a result of a life-ending disease, this vital guide gives you the data you need in order to offer patients relevant care and meet their needs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789010143
• ISBN13: 9780789010148
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Great reference for any new hospice nurse.....

Although I have been a icu nurse for the past 20 years, I am new to end of life care. This book is with me for reference. I am becoming more informed each day. I especially like the fact I can research a symptom and then treat it without delay. The lay out of the book is easy to follow with fifteen of the most common symptoms experienced with the dying.

Practice Guidelines in Palliative Care

An excellent Primer on the subject with clinical vignettes and straight-forward discussion and therapeutic suggestions.

Great book

I recently started as a Hospice Nurse. I have found this book to be a great tool. It is very simple to use and easily understood.

Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care : Systemic

excelent resource for the bedside nurse to care for patients with advanced illness. Great tables and recommendations for multiple symptoms.