Surgical Palliative Care, an Issue of Surgical Clinics |
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| Author:
| Martin, Ronald F.
Dunn, Geoffrey |
| Series title: | The Clinics: Surgery Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4160-2791-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
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| Imprint: | Saunders |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.95 |
Book Description:
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The aim of this issue can be summarized in the following question: Is surgical palliative care a new attitude or a new specialty? Articles will address palliative surgery, which is a subset of surgical palliative care, along with quality of life measurements and outcomes, barriers to palliative care, spiritual vs. the mechanistic side of surgery, surgeon-patient communication, end-of-life nutrition, chronic and neuropathic pain management, legal issues and advance directives.
The aim of this issue can be summarized in the following question: Is surgical palliative care a new attitude or a new specialty? Articles will address palliative surgery, which is a subset of surgical palliative care, along with quality of life measurements and outcomes, barriers to palliative care, spiritual vs. the mechanistic side of surgery, surgeon-patient communication, end-of-life nutrition, chronic and neuropathic pain management, legal issues and advance directives.