Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children
ISBN13: 9780198526537ISBN10: 0198526539
Hardback,
674 pages
Mar 2006,
In Stock
Price:
$175.00 (05)Description
This book provides a practical and informative guide which promotes a model of care that is sufficiently flexible to address the complex and multifaceted needs of children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The editors identify the medical, psychological and practical issues of caring for terminally ill children and their families.Features
- The first definitive textbook on the subject of paediatric palliative care
- Identifies the medical, psychological, practical and spiritual issues of caring for terminally ill children and their families
- Promotes a model of care that addresses the complex and multifaceted needs of children with life-threatening illnesses and their families
Reviews
"This book will be the gold standard for paediatric pallative care and deserves a place in every department of paediatrics and hospices that care for children." --IAHPC
Product Details
674 pages; 34 b/w line illus., 19 b/w photographs & 15 color photographs; ISBN13: 978-0-19-852653-7ISBN10: 0-19-852653-9About the Author(s)
Dr Stephen Liben is involved as a founding member of The Lighthouse, a non-profit foundation whose mission is to build a respite/hospice center for children with complex illness and their families in Montreal. His research is focused on better understanding the experience of children with life limiting illness and their families.
Dr Liben is on the editorial board of The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care.
