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Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life / [edited by] Marianne Matzo, Deborah Witt Sherman - Fifth edition - xvii, 727 pages ; 29 cm

Previous edition published in 2015

Includes bibliographical references and index

Understanding Palliative Care -- Caring for the whole Person and His or Her Family -- Physical Health: Threatening Diseases -- Physical Health: Symptom management

Palliative Care Nursing, Fifth Edition, delivers advanced empirical, aesthetic, ethical and personal knowledge. This new edition brings an increased focus on outcomes, benchmarking progress, and goals of care. It expounds upon the importance of the cross-disciplinary collaboration introduced in the previous edition. Every chapter in Sections I, II, and III includes content written by a non-nursing member of the interprofessional team. Based on best-evidence and clinical practice guidelines, this text presents comprehensive, targeted interventions responsive to the needs of palliative and hospice patients and family. Each chapter contains compassionate, timely, appropriate, and cost-effective care for diverse populations across the illness trajectory

ISBN: 9780826127129 0826127126

LCCN: 2018016745

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB948338 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Terminal care
Palliative treatment
Hospice nurses
Terminal Care
Critical Illness--nursing
Palliative Care
Hospice Care--psychology

LC Class. No.: RT87.T45 / P343 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 616.029 / MAT

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2018 G-951 WY 152.3 WY 152.3 / P1677 2019