The pursuit of life : the promise and challenge of palliative care /

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This volume examines crucial concerns in palliative care, including the proper balance between comfort and cure for the patient, the integration of spiritual well-being, and the challenges of providing care in the absence of basic medical services and supplies.In the first section, palliative-care p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spinnato, Kelsey (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Levison, John R. (Editor ), Fine, Robert (Robert Lee) (Editor ), Meier, Diane E. (Contribuidor, author of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]
Temas:
Palliative treatment.
MEDICAL / Nursing / Palliative Care.
Cleveland Clinic.
Medical ethics.
Oncology.
Suffering.
adolescents with cancer.
autonomy.
death.
hospice.
impact of artificial intelligence on the evolution of palliative care.
lack of access to opiods for the dying.
medical humanities.
medicine.
mortality.
narrative medicine.
opiod addiction.
pain management.
palliative care.
person-centered care.
rationality.
spirtual caregiving.
undertreated pain.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Palliative Care. Personal Memoirs
  • 1 Evolution of Palliative Nursing: Art, Science, and Collaboration
  • 2 The Challenge of Bringing Palliative Medicine and Person-Centered Care to Large Hospitals and Universities
  • 3 The Evolutionary Relationship of Oncology and Palliative Care: A Personal Journey
  • 4 Palliative Medicine: A Personal Journey
  • Palliative Care Pain and Suffering
  • 5 Time to Death: Chronos, Kairos, and the "Longest Distance Between Two Poles"
  • 6 Teaching Clinicians to Read: How Narrative Medicine Prepares Clinicians for Palliative Care
  • 7 Sophocles, Hospice, and the Call of the Body
  • Palliative Care Essential Issues
  • 8 What Is Autonomy and What Is It Good For?
  • 9 Human Flourishing and Palliative Care: Autonomy, Mortality, and Rationality
  • 10 The Robin Hood of Opioids: Palliative Care in the Underdeveloped World
  • 11 Overcoming the Devastation Caused by Cultivated Ignorance About Pain and Opioid Addiction
  • 12 Artificial Intelligence in Palliative Care: An Integral Look into the Future of Our End
  • Palliative Care The Caregiver
  • 13 A Spiritual Environment of Caring
  • 14 Preparing Spiritual Caregivers: Personal Reflections, Practical Advice, and Helpful Programs
  • 15 Palliative Care: A Chaplain's Perspective
  • 16 Lucia's Dream: A Holistic Approach to Adolescents with Cancer
  • Appendix
  • The Marialuisa Lectureship for Life: A Brief Introduction
  • Contributors

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