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    Palliative medicine : a case-based manual / edited by Neil MacDonald ; associate editors, Marcel Boisvert, Deborah Dudgeon, Neil Hagen ; international editor, Derek Doyle.

    • Title:Palliative medicine : a case-based manual / edited by Neil MacDonald ; associate editors, Marcel Boisvert, Deborah Dudgeon, Neil Hagen ; international editor, Derek Doyle.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:MacDonald, Neil.
    • Published/Created:Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Palliative treatment--Case studies.
    • Medical Subjects: Palliative Care--Case Reports.
    • Description:xi, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0192626574
      019262847X (pbk. Canadian Edition)
    • Contents:1. Anorexia-cachexia syndrome / Paul Walker and Eduardo Bruera
      2. Anxiety and depression / Neil MacDonald and Anna Towers
      3. Asthenia / Paul Walker, Mary Anne Schleinich and Eduardo Bruera
      4. Bowel obstruction / Balfour M. Mount
      5. Cognitive impairment / Jacqueline Fraser
      6. Constipation / Neil MacDonald
      7. Cough / Neil Hagen
      8. Pressure sores / Laurie Anne O'Brien, Margaret Scott and Pamela Baker
      9. Dehydration / Robin Fainsinger
      10. Dyspnea / Deborah Dudgeon
      11. Genitourinary symptoms / James McGregor
      12. Lymphoedema / Anna Towers
      13. Mouth care / Marcel Boisvert, Dominique Dion and Bernard Lapointe
      14. Multifocal myoclonus / Neil Hagen
      15. Nausea and vomiting / Claude Lamontagne
      16. Management of cancer pain / Neil MacDonald
      17. Bone pain / Michael S. Harlos and Deborah Dudgeon
      18. Neuropathic pain / Neil Hagen
      19. Visceral pain / Raymond A. Viola and John F. Scott
      20. Sleep disorders / Srini Chary
      21. Communications in terminal illness / Balfour M. Mount
      22. Impact of cultural differences in care of the terminally ill / Jane Poulson
      23. approach to ethical issues / Pauline Lesage and Elizabeth Latimer
      24. Grief and bereavement / Fred Burge
      25. Home care of dying patients / Ina Cummings
      26. social impact of illness / Deborah Dudgeon
      27. Meeting the spiritual needs of terminally ill patients / Jane Poulson.
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