1st Edition
Palliative Care in Neurological Disease A Team Approach
172 Pages
by
CRC Press
172 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The particular needs of people with progressive long-term neurological conditions - including Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Huntington's disease - may make care delivery and planning the last stages of life ethically, practically and clinically challenging. However, only in recent years has serious attention been paid to palliative care approaches... Read more
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Bereavement Support.
Biography
Judi Byrne, Penny McNamara, Jane Seymour, Pam McClinton
