Tag: Palliative

December 29, 2023

Palliative Care in Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders

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Free Download Palliative Care in Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders: A Clinical Guide
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031380576 | 352 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 27 MB
This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview on palliative care for patients with hematologic malignancies and other serious blood disorders. The text reviews the unique needs of this patient population, management strategies for hematologists/oncologists and palliative care clinician collaboration, and issues salient to the provision of palliative care, including communication, decision-making, advance care planning, symptom management, ethics, and nursing considerations. The book also spotlights special hematology populations, such as pediatric and older adult patients, and issues pertaining to the care of patients with blood disorders at the end of life.

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July 4, 2023

Dying in Good Hands Palliative Massage and the Power of Touch

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Free Download Christine Sutherland, "Dying in Good Hands: Palliative Massage and the Power of Touch"
English | 2021 | pages: 240 | ISBN: 1550598503 | EPUB | 406,2 mb
Massage has many physical and emotional benefits for patients in palliative care, from preventing pressure sores and lessening physical pain to creating a tangible connection between the massager and the massaged.

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April 4, 2023

Interventional Radiology in Palliative Care

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Free Download Interventional Radiology in Palliative Care by Peter L. Munk
English | EPUB | 2021 | 383 Pages | ISBN : 3030654621 | 96.1 MB
This important book fills a gap in the literature by focusing specifically on the role of interventional radiology in patients receiving palliative medicine and supportive care, a group in which the need for minimally invasive therapy is especially high. Detailed information and guidance is provided on use of the tools of interventional radiology for the purpose of problem solving in relation to a wide variety of diseases and complications.

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March 30, 2023

Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes The Social Work Role

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Free Download Mercedes Bern-Klug PhD MSW MA, "Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: The Social Work Role "
English | ISBN: 0231132255 | 2010 | 376 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The teacher and gerontological social work scholar Mercedes Bern-Klug joins experts on nursing, law, medicine, sociology, and social work to provide a thorough understanding of nursing home palliative care. Their broad definition of palliative care treats comfort care as appropriate across the illness experience, not just at the end of life.

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