The Hospice Companion: Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Care of Advanced Illness

The Hospice Companion is a guide to the processes of care during the intensive, interpersonal experiences of hospice work. This resource highlights the mission and values of modern-day hospice through the individual and combined efforts of the field's most valuable asset, the hospice professional. This easy-to-navigate clinical decision support tool for caregivers of those with life-limiting illnesses allows for personal and professional growth and a deeply gratifying sense of accomplishment as they proceed in the all-important work of caring for the dying. The fourth edition of The Hospice Companion features a thoroughly current guide to clinical processes and symptom management, providing hospice professionals with a concise summary of changes that have influenced clinical practice over the last several years.

Author: Perry G. Fine
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/02/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780197534052
ISBN10: 0197534058
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Terminal Care
- Medical | Pain Management
- Medical | Emergency Medicine

About the Author

Dr. Perry G. Fine is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, where he serves on the faculty of the Division of Pain Medicine and the Pain Research Center, and he is an attending physician in the Pain Management Center.