Palliative care in oncology. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bernd Alt-Epping, Friedemann Nauck, editors.
• Editors: Alt-Epping, Bernd; Nauck, Friedemann
• Contents: Oncology and Palliative Care? Disease Specific Perspectives: Disease specific oncology? disease specific palliative care -- Oncological and palliative care for patients with lung cancer or with breast cancer? two opposite sides of the spectrum -- Patients with haematological malignancies Symptom Control: Definition, pathophysiology and assessment of pain -- Therapy of cancer related pain and of cancer therapy related pain -- Analgesic effects of anticancer therapies -- Symptom management: the nursing view. The Final Phase: Liverpool Care Pathway of the Dying (LCP): why it supports the care of cancer patients -- The final phase. Pharmacological Aspects: Drug interactions in palliative cancer care and oncology -- Drugs used in palliative care that can modify cancer growth -- Options and problems of drug application in patients with advanced cancer -- Policy and Structures: Outpatient and inpatient structures: what does it need to implement palliative care services.-"Early Integration": when best to involve palliative care services -- Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care: two concepts that fit into comprehensive cancer care -- Emergencies in oncology and crises in palliative care -- Cancer therapy in developing countries: what is the role of palliative care?- The future of palliative care in oncology.
• Publisher Details: Heidelberg : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 308 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.02/9; Cancer -- Palliative treatment; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Cancer -- Palliative treatment; Health & Biological Sciences; Oncology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Nursing; Pain Medicine; Palliative Care; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662462027; 3662462028; 9783662462010
• Related ISBNs: 366246201X; 9783662462010
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 1, 2015).
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