20 Common Problems
Subtitle: End-of-Life Care
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Published: July 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780070348837
Subjects: Health systems & services; Terminal care nursing; Nursing - Nurse & Patient; Medical; Medical / Nursing; USA; Pain Medicine; Family & General Practice; Medical / Family & General Practice; Hospice care; Nursing - Critical & Intensive care; Care; Terminal Care; Terminally ill
First sentence: One of the major problems that physicians must address as they plan care for their patients near the end of life is to determine when, based upon a prediction of the patient's prognosis, such care should be initiated.