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Emergencies in Palliative and Supportive Care
David Currow and Katherine Clark
344 pages
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180x100mm
978-0-19-856722-6
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Flexicovers
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30 November 2006
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- An invaluable aid at the bedside
- Outlines the essential investigations for diagnosis
- Advocates a symptom control approach to treatment
- The clinical responses are tailored to the changes in the patient's illness
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. Readership: As part of the Emergencies in... series, this title is aimed at trainees in palliative medicine, nurses and professionals allied to medicine who are involved in the day to day care of adults, children and families with palliative care needs. Specialist physicians will also find the book useful.
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David Currow, Chair, Department of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University; Director, Southern Adelaide Palliative Services, Daw Park; Director, International Institute of Palliative & Supportive Studies, Adelaide, Australia, and Katherine Clark, Senior Staff Specialist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown; Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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"Its small format and resilient soft plastic cover make it easy to carry around and many clinicians will feel empowered to be able to quickly refer to it when face with an emergency which could be life-threatening. ...this book will be invaluable to clinicians." - Oncology News "This little pocket-sized book provides a guide through the maze...[and] will be very useful for nurses and junior medical staff as a quick reference in their day-to-day work in palliative care." - Roger Woodruff, Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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Section 1
Frequently encountered symptoms
Section 2
1: Clinical pharmacology
2: Dermatological problems
3: Cardiovascular problems
4: Gastro-intestinal disorders
5: Haematological disorders
6: Metabolic disorders
7: Neurology
8: Orthopaedic disorders
9: Mental health
10: Endocrine problems
11: Respiratory problems
12: Genito-urological disorders
13: Appendix 1
14: Appendix 2
15: Appendix 3
16: Appendix 4
17: Appendix 5
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