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Palliative Care - Current Practice and Future Perspectives

Palliative Care
Palliative Care Current Practice and Future Perspectives Edited by Georg Bollig and Erika Zelko

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Georg Bollig
Georg Bollig

Helios Klinikum Schleswig, Germany

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Erika Zelko
Erika Zelko

Johannes Kepler University of Linz,
Austria

Published19 June 2024

Doi10.5772/intechopen.1000392

ISBN978-0-85466-049-0

Print ISBN978-0-85466-050-6

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-0-85466-051-3

Copyright year2024

Number of pages372

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. A Brief Literature Review of Conceptual Models in Palliative Care

By Xue Yang, Xueting Chen, Qian Liu and Liqing Yao

74
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3. Perspective Chapter: Last Questions – How Philosophical Practice Contributes to Developing Death Literacy

By Patrick Schuchter, Stefanie V. Rieger, Sandra Radinger and Klaus Wegleitner

75
4. Quality in Palliative Care from the Patient Perspective

By Senel Ozalp and Michael Silbermann

9
38
72
13. Oncopediatric Palliative Care

By Mariuska Forteza Sáez and Marìa del Carmen Llantà

30
14. Endoscopic Palliation of Gastrointestinal Disease

By Karthik Chandrasekaran, Navim Mobin and Nicholas Gregory Brown

59
15. Advanced Esophageal Cancer Palliative Surgical Therapy Using Isoperistaltic Gastric Tube

By Jose Luis Braga De Aquino and Vania Aparecida Leandro-Merhi

31
16. Oral and Dental Care for Patients on Palliative Care

By Firoozeh Samim, Ali Abdolrahmani, Elahe Akbari and Aia Naksho

17
19. Pets in Palliative Care

By María Sabina Ah. Chu Sánchez de Spengler

40

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