Palliative Care Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780195165784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 256 str.

James Hallenbeck

Opis

Drawing from his extensive clinical experience and many years of teaching, Dr. Hallenbeck has written a guide to palliative care for clinicians. Topics addressed range from an overview of death and dying to specific approaches to symptom management.

As an introduction to both the art and science of palliative care, this book reflects the perspectives of one physician who has dedicated his career to this rapidly evolving field. the book links real stories of illness with practical advice, thereby delineating clinical practice in a way that reflects the daily concerns of clinicians.

Recenzje

This book is an insightful attempt by one palliative care physician to make sense of certain aspects of palliative care via stories . . . Each chapter draws the reader into a new conversation with Dr Hallenbeck, whose informal style of writing and honest use of the self is both endearing and engaging. His extensive clinical experience and expertise as a palliative care physician and educator is evident throughout this book. He provides well-referenced evidence and appropriate real life stories, with clear and simple explanations and practical suggestions to complex clinical problems, capturing the underlying guiding principles and morals in useful 'Palliative care notes'.