Clinical Assessment of Human Suffering
Planning Care in the End of Life
eBook
This book is addressed to physicians and other health professionals involved in the assessment and care planning of patients at the end of life. It brings a unique and humanistic view on the challenges of good practice in palliative care. Concepts and definitions, resources and therapeutic alternatives, as well as symptoms of distress in the physical, emotional, family, social and spiritual dimensions are discussed in a clear and practical way, demystifying and dissolving the barriers of this approach.
Ana Claudia de Lima Quintana Arantes, Graduated in Medicine at the University of São Paulo (1993). Medical Residency in Geriatrics and Gerontology at HCFMUSP (1994-1997) with specialist title SBGG (1997). Postgraduate in Psychology - Interventions in Mourning by Instituto 4 Estações de Psicologia. Postgraduate degree in Palliative Care from the Pallium Institute, University of El Salvador (Argentina) and University of Oxford. Founding partner of the Association Casa do Cuidar, Prática e Ensino em Pallencial Care (2007) Has been working in Palliative Care since 1998.
Quintana Arantes, Ana Claudia de Lima
| ISBN | 9783030575359 |
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| Article number | 9783030575359 |
| Media type | eBook - PDF |
| Copyright year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Length | 97 pages |
| Language | English |
| Copy protection | Digital watermarking |
