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Care of the imminently dying / edited by Judith A. Paice, PhD, RB, FAAN (Director of Cancer Pain Program, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois). - 1 online resource (ix, 94 pages) - HPNA palliative nursing manuals ; v. 7 . - HPNA palliative nursing manuals ; v. 7. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Delirium / Debra E. Heidrich and Nancy K. English -- Dyspnea, death rattle, and cough / Deborah Dudgeon -- Urgent syndromes at the end of life / Barton T. Bobb -- Sedation for refractory symptoms / Patti Knight, Laura A. Espinosa, and Bonnie Freeman -- Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies : mechanical ventilation, dialysis, and cardiac devices / Margaret L. Campbell and Linda M. Gorman.

"Provides an overview of symptom management when a patient is reaching the end of their life. This volume covers delirium and the advantages of early diagnosis, determining the presence of dyspnea, death rattle, or cough, urgent syndromes that may appear at the end of life, palliative sedation, and the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies."--Book cover

ISBN: 9780190244293 0190244291 9780190244316 0190244313

Source: 4083290 Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hospice care--Methods.
Palliative treatment--Methods.
Chronic diseases--Nursing.

LC Class. No.: RT87.T45

Dewey Class. No.: 616.02/9

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 152.3