Choices in Palliative Care Issues in Health Care Delivery

The average person lives with chronic disease for three to six years. Nine out of ten deaths in America are caused by chronic illness. Half of all care of HIV/AIDS patients is defined as palliative care. Keeping up with these statistics means improving on traditional concepts of palliative care to m...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blank, Arthur (Editor), O'Mahony, Sean (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Palliative Care in Acute Care Hospitals
  • Palliative Care in Nursing Facilities
  • Patient-Centered Palliative Care in the Home
  • Hospice Care
  • The Role of Cancer Rehabilitation in the Maintenance of Functional Integrity and Quality of Life
  • HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care: Models of Care and Policy Issues
  • Palliative Care and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
  • Palliative Care and Chronic Heart Failure
  • Palliative Care for Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia: Advance Care Planning Across Transition Points
  • Children and Issues Around Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care and the Elderly: Complex Case Management
  • The Business of Palliative Medicine: Business Planning, Models of Care and Program Development
  • Palliative Care and Quality Management: The Core Principles of Quality Improvement and their Utility in Designing Clinical Programs for End of Life Care and Complex Case Management Models
  • Ethics and the Delivery of Palliative Care