Care of the Dying Child (Paperback)

This volume considers the specific medical, psycho-social and practical issues involved in caring for children dying from chronic diseases. The author, a consultant paediatrician in palliative care at the Hospital for Sick Children, London, recognizes the special needs of terminally ill children and their families. She confronts the problems and issues surrounding this emotive subject in order to help paediatricians and other professionals provide the very best possible care for such patients. A range of contributors experienced in palliative care for children provide comprehensive coverage of the subject including: consideration of the magnitude of the problem and the provision of services pain control symptom management family support and communication with children spiritual issues bereavement and stress.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1994
First published:	July 1994
Editors:	Ann Goldman (Consultant in Palliative Care)
Dimensions:	215 x 136 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-261983-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Palliative medicine Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Paediatric medicine > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Accident & emergency medicine > Intensive care medicine Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-261983-7
Barcode:	9780192619839

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