Palliative Care, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics (Volume 24-1) (The Clinics: Surgery, Volume 24-1)

By Jonathan Garvin, Jonathan Gavrin, Jonathan Gavrin MD

How to assess patients' palliative care needs beyond just the relief of symptoms, how to manage patients' pain most effectively during the later stages of their lives, and how to be a critical member of a palliative care team of physicians are just a few of the essential things the anesthesiologist will learn by reading this outstanding issue of the Anesthesiology Clinics. Each issue of Anesthesiology Clinics offers practical guidelines and updated clinical information that the anesthesiologist will use on a regular basis.

Our expert authors tackle controversial ethical issues and challenging decisions that anesthesiologists are faced with in the palliative care arena, as well as topics such as:
Psychological issuesPalliative radiationRehabilitationHospicePediatrics & geriatricsBereavementComplementary and alternative medicineSpirituality and the dying processThe role of social work in palliative care

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416035710
• ISBN13: 9781416035718
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"