- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Hospice and Palliative Care Acupuncture
About this book
A handbook for acupuncturists and healthcare practitioners on the use of acupuncture for end-of-life care. The book covers the major hospice and palliative care diagnoses from a Chinese medicine perspective, as well as grief and loss, and includes the roots of Chinese historical perspectives on death and dying. The acupuncturist is introduced to the working medical model of hospice care and the interdisciplinary team approach and provided with evidence-based strategies for the use the acupuncture in symptom management.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hospice and Palliative Care History and Philosophy
- 3. Chinese Culture Influences on Modern Death and Dying Issues
- 4. East Meets West—The Face of Modern Palliative Care
- 5. Integrating Acupuncture into Current Hospice and Palliative Care Models
- 6. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Patients at the End of Life
- 7. Five Elements
- 8. Channel Points for Consideration
- 9. The Major Hospice Diagnoses
- 10. Final Thoughts
- Appendix: NAHPCA Treatment Protocol
- Glossary for Point Nomenclature
- References
- Index
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- Copyright
- Of Related Interest
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