"Palliative Care" ed. by Mukadder Mollaoğlu

This book includes basic information about palliative care, management of patient symptoms, support suggestions for psychological and social problems, needs of patients and their families, and how palliative care is handled in different countries. Written for healthcare professionals, students, and all interested readers, this book provides important information that can be used to improve the quality of life of patients as well as that of their families.

Palliative care is one of the most important factors in the fight against chronic diseases. It begins from the moment the patient is diagnosed, continues with curative treatment until death, and ends with care that supports the patient's family and other caregivers during the postmortem mourning process. In all these stages it is very important to improve the quality of life in patients, to relieve symptoms, and to support patients and their relatives in a dignified manner.

Contents
1.Palliative Care Education for Everybody
2.The Marquette Palliative Care System
3.Palliative Care Ethics: Medicine’s Duty to Help
4.Communication with Families in the Last Days of a Patient’s Life and Optimal Delivery of a Death Pronouncement
5.The Quality of Life of the Patients Under Palliative Care: The Features of Appropriate Assessment Tools and the Impact of Early Integration of Palliative Care
6.Palliative Care Network in Brazil
7.Palliative Care: The Nigerian Perspective
8.Palliative Care Services from Past to Present
9.Diabetes and Palliative Care: A Framework to Help Clinicians Proactively Plan for Personalized care
10.Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS