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Surgical Palliative Care
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Author:
- Geoffrey P Dunn and Alan G Johnson
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-851000-0
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 92
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Thoroughly describes the principles and practice of surgery in the context of palliative and supportive care
Surgery is often considered too invasive to be useful in palliation and clinicians instinctively turn to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and other drugs. With increasingly minimal access techniques, surgery may be simpler and less invasive than other treatments and produces excellent palliation. Indeed, most types of surgery are not curative and the international contributors in this book aim to alert all concerned with palliative care to the usefulness and appropriateness of a surgical option.
The text is divided into two sections; the first dealing with general issues, varying from quality of life measurement to spirituality, and the second illustrating their application in different specialties of surgery ranging from neurosurgery to urology. The book ends with a challenge to surgeons to change their perspective from curative surgery, in terms of simply cure or failure, to improvement in quality of life and relief of symptoms. Aimed primarily at palliative medicine and pain consultants, this book will also appeal to surgeons who increasingly need to know more about palliative care.
Surgery is often considered too invasive to be useful in palliation and clinicians instinctively turn to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and other drugs. With increasingly minimal access techniques, surgery may be simpler and less invasive than other treatments and produces excellent palliation. Indeed, most types of surgery are not curative and the international contributors in this book aim to alert all concerned with palliative care to the usefulness and appropriateness of a surgical option.
The text is divided into two sections; the first dealing with general issues, varying from quality of life measurement to spirituality, and the second illustrating their application in different specialties of surgery ranging from neurosurgery to urology. The book ends with a challenge to surgeons to change their perspective from curative surgery, in terms of simply cure or failure, to improvement in quality of life and relief of symptoms. Aimed primarily at palliative medicine and pain consultants, this book will also appeal to surgeons who increasingly need to know more about palliative care.
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Geoffrey P Dunn and Alan G Johnson
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-851000-0
- Specialty:
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- Internal Medicine
- Oncology
- Palliative Medicine
- Surgery
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Pages:
- 279
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 92