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Choices in Palliative Care Issues in Health Care Delivery /

The average person lives with chronic disease for three to six years. Nine out of ten deaths in America are caused by chronic illness. Half of all care of HIV/AIDS patients is defined as palliative care. Keeping up with these statistics means improving on traditional concepts of palliative care to m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Blank, Arthur (Editor ), O'Mahony, Sean (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Palliative Care in Acute Care Hospitals
  • Palliative Care in Nursing Facilities
  • Patient-Centered Palliative Care in the Home
  • Hospice Care
  • The Role of Cancer Rehabilitation in the Maintenance of Functional Integrity and Quality of Life
  • HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care: Models of Care and Policy Issues
  • Palliative Care and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
  • Palliative Care and Chronic Heart Failure
  • Palliative Care for Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia: Advance Care Planning Across Transition Points
  • Children and Issues Around Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care and the Elderly: Complex Case Management
  • The Business of Palliative Medicine: Business Planning, Models of Care and Program Development
  • Palliative Care and Quality Management: The Core Principles of Quality Improvement and their Utility in Designing Clinical Programs for End of Life Care and Complex Case Management Models
  • Ethics and the Delivery of Palliative Care.