Hospice and Palliative Care Acupuncture

Author(s): Torii Black
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, United Kingdom
Imprint: Singing Dragon
ISBN-13: 9781848194212, 978-1848194212

Synopsis

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.