ABSTRACT

This easy-to-use guide provides a quick reference to the principles of palliative and end-of-life care for adults, to help you enable your patients to not only die peacefully but also live until they die.

 

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chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |8 pages

What is palliative care?

chapter |3 pages

Role of the nurse

chapter |6 pages

Holistic assessment

chapter |1 pages

Symptom management

chapter |15 pages

Pain management

chapter |4 pages

Nausea and vomiting

chapter |2 pages

Breathlessness

chapter |2 pages

Constipation

chapter |3 pages

Fatigue

chapter |2 pages

Care at the end of life

chapter |4 pages

Symptoms at end of life

chapter |4 pages

A good death

chapter |1 pages

Looking after self

chapter |1 pages

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