Emergencies in Palliative and Supportive Care

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-870665-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 102 mm, Gewicht: 258 g

Reihe: Emergencies in

This essential handbook provides a practical, accessible guide to emergency situations encountered in palliative care practice. Using a system of icons, and structured around frequently encountered symptoms, it is split into two sections. The first section explores how patients with life-limiting illnesses such as cancer, AIDS, and end-stage organ failure normally present, and looks at the reversibility of their condition. The second section provides a detailed
approach to specific clinical conditions, and is for use once the clinical diagnosis has been reached on the basis of the presenting symptoms.

The book will provide trainees in palliative medicine, nurses, family doctors, and other allied health professionals with a pocket guide to the emergency care of people requiring palliative and supportive care, and will complement the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Currow, David

Clark, Katherine

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Palliativmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)

Über Autor(innen)

Professor David Currow MPH, FRACP is Chair of the Department of Palliative and Supportive services, Flinders University; Director of Southern Adelaide Palliative Services, Daw Park; and Director of the International Institute of Palliative and Supportive Studies, Adelaide, Australia.

Dr Katherine Clark MB BS MMed (pain management) FRACP FAChPM, Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Palliative Care, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia. Katherine Clark graduated from Sydney University in 1994. Further medical education since then has included successful completion of a master's degree in pain management in 2004. In 2001, she was admitted to the Royal Australasian College of Physician
and the Chapter of Palliative Medicine. In 2005, she was made a clinical senior lecturer with the Faculty of Medicine, Sydney University. At present, she is a senior staff specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, in the Department of Palliative Care.