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Physician's guide to end-of-life care / edited by Lois Snyder and Timothy Quill for the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel.
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Title:Physician's guide to end-of-life care / edited by Lois Snyder and Timothy Quill for the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Snyder, Lois, 1961-
Quill, Timothy E.
American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine. End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel.
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Published/Created:Philadelphia : American College of Physicians, ©2001.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WB310 .P597 2001
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Terminal care.
Physician and patient.
Terminally ill--Care.
Hospice care.
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Medical Subjects: Terminal Care--methods.
Hospice Care--methods.
Palliative Care--methods.
Physician-Patient Relations.
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Description:xx, 267 pages ; 23 cm
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:1930513283 (pbk.)
9781930513280 (pbk.)
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Contents:Interview and relationship building
Discussing palliative care with patients
Consensus-based approach to practicing palliative care for patients who lack decision-making capacity
Respecting cultural differences at the end of life
Beyond symptom management: physician roles and responsibility in palliative care
Pain, depression, delirium, and intractable problems
Management of pain and spinal cord compression in patients with advanced cancer
Assessing and managing depression in the terminally ill patient
Diagnosis and management of delirium near the end of life
Dying patients in the intensive care unit: forgoing treatment and maintaining care
Responding to intractable suffering: the role of terminal sedation and voluntary refusal of food and fluids
Life after death: a practical approach to grief and bereavement
Legal, financial, and quality issues
Legal barriers to end-of-life care: myths, realities, and grains of truth
Financing care for those coming to the end of life
Reforming care for those near the end of life: the promise of quality improvement.