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The Care of the Dying Patient (Hardcover)
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The Care of the Dying Patient (Hardcover)
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Although the need for improved care for dying patients is widely
recognized and frequently discussed, few books address the needs of
the physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, hospice team
members, and pastoral counselors involved in care. ""Care of the
Dying Patient"" contains material not found in other sources,
offering advice and solutions to anyone - professional caregiver or
family member - confronted with incurable illness and death. Its
authors have lectured and published extensively on care of the
dying patient and here review a wide range of topics to show that
relief of physical suffering is not the only concern in providing
care. This collection encompasses diverse aspects of end-of-life
care across multiple disciplines, offering a broad perspective on
such central issues as control of pain and other symptoms,
spirituality, the needs of caregivers, and special concerns
regarding the elderly. In its pages, readers will find out how to:
effectively utilize palliative-care services and activate timely
referral to hospice; arrange for care that takes into account
patients' cultural beliefs; and, respond to spiritual and
psychological distress, including the loss of hope that often
overshadows physical suffering. The authors especially emphasize
palliative care and hospice, since some physicians fear that such
referrals may be viewed by patients and families as abandonment.
They also address ethical and legal risks in pain management and
warn that fear of over prescribing pain medication may
inadvertently lead to ineffective pain relief and even place the
treating team at risk of liability for under treatment of pain.
While physicians have the ability to treat disease, they also help
to determine the time and place of death, and they must recognize
that end-of-life choices are made more complex than ever before by
advances in medicine and at the same time increasingly important.
""Care of the Dying Patient"" addresses some of the challenges
frequently confronted in terminal care and points the way toward a
more compassionate way of death.
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