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Living with Dying
Saunders, Dame Cicely; Baines, Mary; Dunlop, Robert
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Description for Living with Dying
paperback. Takes into account the developments in palliative care, offering advice on the aspects including drug treatment and psychological care. This handbook offers guidelines on bad news and communicating with the patient's relatives. It discusses the ethical issues in palliative care and the spiritual aspects of dying for people of different religions. Num Pages: 76 pages, frontispiece, line drawing, tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBPC; MJCL; VFD; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 4. Weight in Grams: 116.
The new edition of this successful book has been up-dated to incorporate recent advances in both approach to, and treatment of, the terminally ill. Based on many years of monitoring clinical practice and research at St Christopher's Hospice, Dame Cicely Saunders presents practical, balanced advice on the general ethical and medical principles of caring for dying patients. This will continue to be an invaluable handbook for all hospice physicians and nurses as a compassionate source of factual information.
The new edition of this successful book has been up-dated to incorporate recent advances in both approach to, and treatment of, the terminally ill. Based on many years of monitoring clinical practice and research at St Christopher's Hospice, Dame Cicely Saunders presents practical, balanced advice on the general ethical and medical principles of caring for dying patients. This will continue to be an invaluable handbook for all hospice physicians and nurses as a compassionate source of factual information.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
Number of Pages
76
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192625144
SKU
V9780192625144
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Living with Dying
This useful book offers GPs an easy-to-read, practical guide to palliative care. It is written with clarity and compassion and will not fail to stimulate and motivate the reader. I enjoyed read Living With Dying and would recommend it to anybody involved in palliative care. It may be only a small book of some 60 pages, but it delivers a ... Read more