Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer
Janet L. Abrahm, "Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer"
English | ISBN: 1421443988 | 2022 | 632 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
English | ISBN: 1421443988 | 2022 | 632 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
Leading palliative care experts illustrate how you can improve both communication with cancer patients and their quality of life.
For more than twenty years, this guide has been the go-to resource for busy practicing oncology and palliative care clinicians. This fourth edition, now titled Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer, provides physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and patients and their families with detailed information and advice for alleviating the suffering of cancer patients and their loved ones. Drawing on the work of experts who have developed revolutionary approaches to symptom management and palliative care, as well as on lessons learned during her decades as a teacher and clinician, Dr. Janet L. Abrahm and her coauthors illustrate how to help patients and families understand their prognosis, communicate their care preferences, and minimize their distress.
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