Screen LibraryThe hospice companion : best practices for interdiscplinary care of advanced illness /
"The overarching purpose of this manual, reflecting the essential goals of hospice, is to help maximize the quality of living and dying of patients during the last phase of life. It will be through disciplined clinical uniformity and standardized practices that personalized, tailored care can t...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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| Summary: |
"The overarching purpose of this manual, reflecting the essential goals of hospice, is to help maximize the quality of living and dying of patients during the last phase of life. It will be through disciplined clinical uniformity and standardized practices that personalized, tailored care can then be aptly applied. And with that, hopes for individual epiphany may have the chance to be realized as those who entrust their care to us meet their earthly ends. With due regard for the complexities of peoples' lives, especially during severe illness, it is premised that identification and understanding of discrete situations (intertwined and enmeshed as they may be) will promote the elaboration of a care plan that will have the greatest likelihood of meeting these worthy ends"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780197534052 0197534058 |
| Index Number: | R726 |
| CLC: | R48 |
| Call Number: | R48/H828-1/4th ed. |