Isbn: 9798189456756 - palliative care textbook 2026: comprehensive guide for healthcare professionals—pain management, psychological support, ethical decision-making & compassionate clinical practice (4 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Serious illness transforms lives. Patients face not just medical challenges, but profound suffering-physical, emotional, social, spiritual. Your response determines whether they face this alone or with compassionate, expert support.Whether you're a physician patients with serious illness, a nurse providing frontline care, an interdisciplinary healthcare professional, a student preparing for palliative specialty practice, or anyone caring for people facing serious illness-mastering palliative care is essential to honoring their dignity and alleviating their suffering.Yet many practitioners receive minimal training in the compassionate, systematic approach serious illness demands.Palliative Care Textbook bridges that critical gap.This comprehensive guide delivers complete palliative medicine knowledge through a person-centered, evidence-based approach: solid clinical knowledge combined with profound respect for patient autonomy, family needs, spiritual dimensions, and the meaning inherent in serious illness.What You'll Master: Whole-Person Assessment - Physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and functional evaluation frameworksSymptom Management Excellence - Pain, breathlessness, nausea, fatigue, insomnia, and complex symptom reliefQuality of Life Enhancement - Defining, measuring, and improving what matters most to each patientSuffering Relief - Addressing physical pain alongside psychological, social, and existential sufferingAdvance Care Planning - Facilitating meaningful conversations about values, goals, and treatment preferencesCommunication Mastery - Delivering difficult news, exploring goals, conflict, supporting understandingPsychological & Emotional Care - Depression, anxiety, grief, fear, uncertainty, and emotional support strategiesFamily-Centered Care - Supporting caregivers, caregiver burden, family communication, and bereavementMedication & Treatment - Opioid management, managing medication selection, route optimization, and treatment timingEthical & Legal Practice - Capacity assessment, informed consent, treatment limitation, and advance directivesInterdisciplinary Collaboration - Team-based care, role clarity, coordination, and specialist-generalist integrationWhy This Textbook Stands Out: Every chapter honors the person beyond the disease. You'll learn not just what to do, but why it matters-how clinical decisions honor autonomy, how communication reduces suffering, how whole-person care transforms end-of-life experience.Grounded in evidence yet guided by compassion throughout. Includes assessment tools, communication frameworks, ethical decision guides, and real-world applications.Perfect for palliative specialists and all healthcare professionals meeting serious illness.Perfect For: Palliative medicine physicians and specialists. Oncology, geriatric, and critical care nurses. Interdisciplinary hospice and palliative teams. Healthcare professionals transitioning into palliative specialty. Medical students and residents. Physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Anyone providing serious illness care.After this textbook, you'll: Assess patients with compassionate clinical depthManage complex symptoms confidently and methodicallyFacilitate meaningful advance care planning conversationsSupport families through caregiver burden and griefPractice ethically aligned palliative careHonor dignity and meaning at life's endProvide care patients and families remember with gratitudeYour complete palliative c Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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