Living with dying : a guide for palliative care
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Living with dying : a guide for palliative care
（Oxford medical publications）
Oxford University Press, 1995
3rd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Principles of palliative care
- 2. Terminal pain
- 3. The use of analgesics
- 4. Adjuvant therapy in pain control
- 5. Control of symptoms other than pain
- 6. Other components of total pain
- References
- Further reading
- Index.
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