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Introducing palliative care

By:

Twycross, R (ed)

Publication details: London : Pharmaceutical Press, 2018Edition: 5thDescription: xvi, 400pISBN:

9780857113498

Subject(s):

Contents:

Text includes: Scope of palliative care; Communication; Psychological aspects; Spiritual aspects; Bereavement; Symptom management; Emergencies; End-of-life care: planning and last days of life; Children: symptom management and bereavement; The essential palliative care formulary.

Includes appendices and indices.

Appendix 1: Curriculum for undergraduate medical education; Appendix 2: Certifying death; Appendix 3: Essential drugs

Drug index; Topic index

Summary: Introducing Palliative Care (IPC5) is the ideal introductory text for training students in medicine and qualified healthcare professionals in the area of palliative care. The 5th edition covers the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland's recommended curriculum for medical undergraduates. The clinical focus is on advanced cancer but the general principles and most of the details are equally applicable to patients dying from other incurable progressive life-threatening conditions.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Shelves	Newham collection at Whipps Cross	WB 310 TWY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		N05821
Book	Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Shelves		WB 310 TWY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		barts005105

Introducing palliative care

Includes appendices and indices.

Appendix 1: Curriculum for undergraduate medical education; Appendix 2: Certifying death; Appendix 3: Essential drugs

Drug index; Topic index

Introducing Palliative Care (IPC5) is the ideal introductory text for training students in medicine and qualified healthcare professionals in the area of palliative care. The 5th edition covers the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland's recommended curriculum for medical undergraduates. The clinical focus is on advanced cancer but the general principles and most of the details are equally applicable to patients dying from other incurable progressive life-threatening conditions.

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