Hospice and palliative care
Subtitle: the essential guide
By: Stephen R. Connor.
Contributors: Connor, Stephen R.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge; Routledge; National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780415993562
Subjects: Hospice care; Hospice Care; Palliative Care
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Hospice / by Stephen R. Connor. c1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is hospice and palliative care?; title: The interdisciplinary team; title: Symptom management and physical care; title: Psychosocial and spiritual care; title: Grief and bereavement; title: Community education; title: Managing hospice and palliative care; title: Hospice and palliative care in the US health care system; title: Society and denial; title: A right to die?; title: How palliative care is unique in the health care system; title: How good is hospice and palliative care?; title: Hospice and palliative care around the world; title: The future of hospice and palliative care.