20 Common Problems: End Of Life Care; Author: Kinzbrunner, Barry M.; Joint Author: Weinreb, Neil J.; Paperback

Author: Kinzbrunner, Barry M.; Joint Author: Weinreb, Neil J.
Paperback; 50 Illustrations
400 pages
Published: September 2001
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
ISBN: 0070348839

This user-friendly guide offers you practical, direct answers for the difficult and little-taught questions that arise when providing care for the dying.Features: * Perspectives of patients, families, and other health care professionals, as well as physicians* Solution-oriented coverage on preparing patients, managing symptoms, and handling legal/ethical issues near the end of lifeThis text discusses problems in caring for patients who are dying - from the view points of many of those involved - covering such topics as the management of various symptoms and determining prognosis, and helping physicians decide when their patients need end of life care.