Description
CBS Publishers & Distributors CBS Handbook on Pain and Palliative Care 1st Edition 2023 by Dr Sarita Singh and Dr Manish Kumar Singh
Special Features
• First book on Pain & Palliative Care for Nurses based on Indian Scenario
• Medical emergencies during palliative care covered extensively
• Nursing approach in cancer pain covered
• Clinical Task boxes on various diseases/conditions included
• Supplemented with nursing management strategies
Salient Features
• The aim of this book is to spread awareness and provide basic knowledge about pain and palliative care for the cancer patients, who are suffering due to symptoms, which can be managed by health care professionals.
• The palliative care provides emotional and spiritual support to the patients as well as their family members. Each and every aspect of palliative care has been covered for the benefit of the students.
• The text has been organized into logical sequence for smooth flow of content throughout.
• Various cancer conditions with their symptoms and respective management protocols have been covered.
• Must know facts and Clinical Task boxes from nursing point of view have been wrapped in-between the text for better clinical implementation in the palliative care settings by nurses.
• Each and every chapter ends with Conclusion covering the gist of the respective chapter
About Editor
Sarita Singh MBBS, MD (Anesthesiology), PDCC, CCEPC, CCPPM, NEPM, is presently working as a Professor (Pain and Palliative Medicine) and unit in-charge and Nodal Officer NDPS (Morphine) Committee at KGMU, Lucknow. She has done her MBBS and MD (Anesthesiology) from King George's Medical University, Lucknow and PDCC (Pain Management) from IMS BHU, Varanasi (UP), India. Besides, she has done Certificate Course in Pain and Palliative Medicine (CCPPM) from Pallium India, Thiruvananathapuram and NFPM from IPM. She developed interest in pain and palliative care when her father died due to cancer and had severe problems of pain at the last stage of life so she has strong feelings for the cancer patients and deep interest in pain and palliative care.
Manish Kumar Singh MBBS, MD (Anesthesiology), PDCC, is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at King George's Medical University, Lucknow. He has a vast experience of teaching in the medical field.