Topics in Palliative Care

by Eduardo D. Bruera

Palliative care is a rapidly evolving field focused on the management of problems that undermine the quality of life of patients with progressive incurable medical disorders. It is fundamentally concerned with all factors- physical, psychological, social, and spiritual- that contribute to suffering, and prevent a death with comfort and dignity. Palliative care is a fundamental aspect to good clinical practice, the "parallel universe" to therapies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102460
• ISBN13: 9780195102468
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.5"