Hospice Companion

Fine, Perry G MD

Book Information
Edition:	1st
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN:	0-19-536997-1 (0195369971)
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-536997-7 (9780195369977)
New Edition:	0-19-984079-2
Format:	Handbook
Binding:	Softcover
Copyright:	2008
Publish Date:	06/08
Weight:	0.49 Lbs.
Pages:	169
Carton Quantity:	56
Subject Class:	PAL (Palliative Care)
Remarks:	A New Edition of this Title is Available
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 90 days provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
Table Of Contents:	View
Contributing Authors:	View

Class Specifications
Discipline:	Practice Med
Subject Definition:	Hospice Care-Methods-Handbooks; Palliative Care-Methods
NLM Class:	WB 39
LC Class:	R726.8
Abstract:	The Hospice Companion is designed to promote, establish, maintain and continuously improve comprehensive systems of care that ensure the highest quality of services to meet the needs of patients and their families during the last phase of life. On behalf of their patients, all hospice providers must inculcate processes of care that lead to maximal comfort and functional capacities, and a sense of being valued throughout the final stages of any chronic and progressive illness. The Hospice Companion is intended as a guide through which some mastery over the seemingly complex, challenging, and oftentimes chaotic world of advanced disease may be derived. Use of this 'tool' to direct processes of care during the intense interpersonal experiences of hospice work should allow the greatest opportunity for personal and professional growth and a deeply gratifying sense of accomplishment as you proceed in the all-important work of caring for the dying.

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