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Heart failure and palliative care: a team approach

By Johnson , Richard , Miriam J.; Lehman

Book information

Publisher
Radcliffe
Year
2008
ISBN
1-85775-643-6, 978-1-85775-643-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15443682 bytes)
Pages
150\161
Time added
2019-04-14 09:00:00
Heart failure -- Palliative treatment.;Health care

Description

Heart failure is a very common terminal condition but few patients receive proper palliative care. This text is full of practical, evidence based advice, and encourages a multidisciplinary team based approrach. Abstract: Suitable for the traditional 'old-style' palliative care clinician as well as for cardiology clinicians, this book attempts to adopt a more holistic patient-centred approach, by focusing on the PERSON with heart failure, rather than a person with HEART FAILURE.  Read more... Content: The need for palliative care in heart failure. The syndrome of advanced heart failure. Maximal therapy for heart failure. Prognosis in advanced heart failure. Symptom relief in advanced heart failure. Supportive care: psychological, social and spiritual issues. Communication issues. Care of the patient dying from heart failure. Caring for the younger patient. Palliative care services for patients with heart failure.

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