The hospice companion : best practices for interdiscplinary care of advanced illness / edited by Perry G. Fine, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, Pain Management and Research Centers, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
"The overarching purpose of this manual, reflecting the essential goals of hospice, is to help maximize the quality of living and dying of patients during the last phase of life. It will be through disciplined clinical uniformity and standardized practices that personalized, tailored care can then be aptly applied. And with that, hopes for individual epiphany may have the chance to be realized as those who entrust their care to us meet their earthly ends. With due regard for the complexities of peoples' lives, especially during severe illness, it is premised that identification and understanding of discrete situations (intertwined and enmeshed as they may be) will promote the elaboration of a care plan that will have the greatest likelihood of meeting these worthy ends"-- Provided by publisher.
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