Other Branches of Medicine

This book helps nursing and healthcare students to prepare for the challenges of working with the increasing number of patients requiring palliativ...

Decisions about life-sustaining treatment are often ethically challenging for patients, surrogate decision-makers, and health care professionals. P...

This book examines the policies, challenges, and quality of life issues in palliative care and nursing home care facilities. Some topics discussed ...

In the Middle East, as in other countries in the developing world, there is now a wide acceptance that palliative care is an important public healt...

Throughout history many healing traditions have focused on analgesia--the alleviation of pain--an area in which modern medicine provides few option...

Nurses are positioned on healthcare's front line, intimately connected to individuals, families, and communities. How can they leverage this positi...

Using repeated sets of exercises meant to relax and desensitize the mind, autogenic training equips patients to deal with chronic conditions suc...

Are You Addicted? Has addiction taken over your life? Do you want to stop using painkillers, but shame and embarrassment keep you from reaching out...

Pain in one form or another is probably the most common symptom presented to medical and healthcare professionals. Long a subject of biomedical int...

Pain is a challenging area to understand for any healthcare professional, and quality training on the subject is required if nurses are to provide ...