A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients - Softcover

Every healthcare professional needs this book. A practical and concise guide, it is an excellent resource that should be used to prevent and treat suffering as healthcare professionals accompany the patient and family through the experience of living with cancer.

This book is important for all dimensions of patient care―not just cancer. Every doctor in clinical practice needs this book. Every patient will benefit from it.

For clinical sophistication, insight into the complexities of doctor-patient communication, and detailed guidance on the treatment of a wide range of distressing symptoms, clinicians will turn again and again to this practical and concise guide as they accompany patient and family through the late stages of illness.

Janet L. Abrahm argues that all causes of suffering experienced by people with cancer, be they physical, psychological, social, or spiritual, should be treated at all stages: at diagnosis, during curative therapy, in the event that cancer recurs, and during the final months. In the second edition of this symptom-oriented guide, she provides primary care physicians, advanced practice nurses, internists and oncologists with detailed information and advice for alleviating the stress and pain of patients and family members alike.

The new edition includes the latest information on patient and family communication and counseling, on medical, surgical, and complementary and alternative treatments for symptoms caused by cancer and cancer treatments, and on caring for patients in the last days and their bereaved families. Updated case histories, medication tables, Practice Points, and bibliographies provide clinicians with the information they need to treat their cancer patients effectively and compassionately.