Overview

This handbook provides an easily navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. Succinct, evidence-based, topically focused content is supplemented by extensive tables and algorithms. The table of contents and balance of coverage follows the core curriculum of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, thus meeting the educational and clinical information needs of students, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners. An expert team of clinicians, led by world renowned Eduardo Bruera, address approach to care; psychosocial and spiritual issues; impending death; grief and bereavement; assessment and management of pain; management of non-pain symptoms such as nausea, dyspnea, depression, insomnia, and bleeding; communication and team work; and ethical and legal decision making.

Full Product Details

Author:   Sriram Yennurajalingam ,  Eduardo Bruera ,  Sriram Yennurajalingam
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 10.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 17.50cm
Weight:   0.242kg
ISBN:  

9780195380156

ISBN 10:   0195380150
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   16 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Definitions and Key Elements in Palliative Care 2. Symptom Assessment 3. Clinical Decision Making 4. Pain Assessment and Management 5. Fatigue 6. Cachexia 7. Dehydration 8. Anxiety and Depression 9. Sleep Disturbance 10. Chronic Nausea 11. Constipation and Bowel Obstruction 12. Delirium 13. Palliative Sedation 14. Dyspnea/Breathlessness 15. Emergencies in Palliative Care 16. Other Symptoms including Xerostomia, Hiccups, Pruritis, Pressure Ulcers/Wound Care, Lymphedema, and Myoclonus 17. Management of Cancer Treatment Related Adverse Effects 18. Radiotherapy and Palliative Care 19. Hospice Approach to Palliative Care, Including Medicare Hospice Benefit 20. Psychosocial and Cultural Considerations in Palliative Care 21. Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care 22. The Palliative Care Team 23. Family Conference: Role in Palliative Care 24. Ethical Aspects of Palliative Medicine 25. Prognostication in Palliative Care 26. Frequent Pharmacological Interactions in Palliative Care 27. Pediatric Palliative Care 28. Palliation in the Care of Older Adults 29. Palliative Care in End-Stage Heart Failure 30. Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease 31. Renal Palliative Care 32. Palliative Care in Patients with AIDS 33. Palliative Care in End-Stage Neurological Disease 34. Palliative Care in End-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 35. Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 36. Research in Terminally Ill Patients 37. Prevention and Management, Burnout in Health Care Providers

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I feel that the overall approach allows diverse topics to be presented in different ways that will engage a variety of readers with dissimilar needs, such as the luxury of time to reflect or the more immediate need for urgent clinical data delivered quickly. International Jounral of Palliative Medicine

Author Information

EB: Professor and Chair, Department of Palliative Care & Rehabilitation Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasSY: Assistant Professor, Palliative Care & Rehabilitation Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

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