Paediatric Palliative Medicine

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Looking after children with life-limiting conditions is very difficult for both parents and health care professionals. This second edition of Paediatric Palliative Medicine is full of easily-accessible, detailed information , and covers all aspects of the care of children with life-limiting illnesses. It is designed to equip clinicians with the knowledge, and its evidence base, to improve clinical care.Using the bestselling Oxford Specialist Handbook format to deliver practical and concise information, this handbook facilitates bedside delivery of effective palliative medicine to children. It includes a quick reference drug formulary and detailed information on medical conditions and symptom control. There are also specific management plans to guide professionals, whether the child is in their own home, in a hospital, or a hospice.Many children with long term conditions have symptoms which need management, and the principles of palliative care for children need to be known by all who are involved in their care. The unique significance of this handbook is its capacity to guide professionals who have not trained or had experience of caring for the dying child, as well as for students and trainees interested in paediatric palliative care.Children's palliative medicine encompasses symptom control but is not limited to it. This handbook also provides a wealth of information on the philosophy and models that support delivery of palliative medicine to children, as well as the learning and coping skills required in palliative care.Fully updated with an expanded formulary and a new chapter on the intensive care unit, this new edition continues to be the authoritative reference tool in paediatric palliative care.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-09-08
Mått:101 x 180 x 12 mm
Vikt:170 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Paediatrics
Antal sidor:352
Upplaga:2
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198745457

Utforska kategorier

Palliativ medicin inom Medicin
Pediatrik inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Richard Hain is a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at the Children's Hospital for Wales, UK. Dr Hain's academic background is varied and includes postgraduate degrees in pharmacology, professional education and ethics and theology. He has co-authored over fifty research and review articles, four books on children's palliative medicine and a large number of book chapters. His primary research interest is in the principles and practice of paediatric palliative medicine, and he is increasingly focussing on clinical ethics in children at the end of life. He is honorary Senior Lecturer at Bangor University as well as Visiting Professor at University of Glamorgan.Satbir Singh Jassal is the Medical Director of Rainbows Children's Hospice, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK. He is one of the UK's longest serving hospice doctors, and has honorary lecturer status at Cardiff Medical School. In addition, he chairs a number of national groups including the Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine.

Recensioner i media

This small slim volume will fit comfortably in any pocket and its physical size belies the amount of information it holds and it seems to provide a very good and clinically practicable summary of the field...this book should be available on the library shelf in any paediatric ward, for easy reference when palliative care problems arise.

Innehållsförteckning

1: Paediatric palliative medicine- philosophy and practice 2: Models of paediatric palliative care 3: Ethics in palliative care 4: Pain: introduction 5: Pain: evaluation 6: Pain step 3, major opiods 7: Adjuvants 8: Nausea and vomiting 9: Gastrointestinal symptoms 10: Mouth care, feeding and hydration 11: Dyspnoea 12: Neurological symptoms 13: Psychological symptoms 14: Skin symptoms 15: Palliative care emergencies 16: Malignant diseases 17: Specific non-malignant diseases 18: Palliative care in intensive care environments 19: Practicalities around time of death 20: Religion and ritual 21: Bereavement 22: Communication skills 23: Communication among professionals 24: Coping skills 25: Education and training 26: Formulary