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    Palliative care for non-cancer patients / edited by Julia M. Addington-Hall and Irene J. Higginson.

    • Title:Palliative care for non-cancer patients / edited by Julia M. Addington-Hall and Irene J. Higginson.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Addington-Hall, Julia M.
      Higginson, Irene.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Palliative treatment.
    • Description:xxvi, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0192629603
    • Contents:Foreword / Cicely Saunders
      Introduction / Julia Addington-Hall and Irene Higginson
      1. Stroke / Angie Rogers
      2. Respiratory disease / Charles Shee
      3. Heart disease / J. Simon R. Gibbs
      4. Neurodegenerative disease / Tony O'Brien
      5. Children and young adults / Ann Goldman and Ildiko Schuller
      6. The management of chronic pain in palliative non-cancer patients / Eduardo Bruera and Catherine M. Neumann
      7. Palliative care in liver disease / M. A. Heneghan and J. G. O'Grady
      8. Renal palliative care / Lewis M. Cohen, Gary S. Reiter and David M. Poppel / [et al.]
      9. Palliative care for patients with dementia / Patricia Hanrahan, Daniel J. Luchins and Kathleen Murphy
      10. Sickle cell disease / Polly Edmonds
      11. Hiv/Aids / Gabi Brogan and Rob George
      12. Palliative care in nursing homes / Ian Maddocks and Deborah Parker
      13. Palliative care in the hospital setting for patients with non-malignant disease / Peter Pitcher and Carol Davis
      14. Palliative care for non-cancer patients: a UK perspective from primary care / Stephen Barclay
      15. Specialist palliative care and non-malignant diseases / Robert Dunlop
      16. Patient's perspectives / Cynthia Benz
      17. Reforming care through continuous quality improvement / Joanne Lynn
      18. Palliative care for non-cancer patients: a purchaser perspective / John H. James
      19. Informal carers of dependants with advanced disease / Jonathan Koffman and Penny Shaw
      20. Specialist palliative care for non-cancer patients: the ethical arguments / Katherine Wasson and Rob George
      21. Cultural issues in palliative care for non-cancer patients / Peter W. Speck
      22. Clinical implications / Irene J. Higginson
      23. Discussion / Julia Addington-Hall and Irene Higginson.
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