ABC of palliative care
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ABC of palliative care
BMJ Books : Blackwell Pub., 2006
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"First published 1998"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This brand new edition pulls together the most up-to-date information on this complex, multidisciplinary area in a practical, user-friendly manner. It deals with the important social and psychological aspects for palliative care of people with incurable diseases including quality of life, communication and bereavement issues.
Table of Contents
Contributors vi
Foreword viii
1 The principles of palliative care 1
Balfour Mount, Geoffrey Hanks, Lorna McGoldrick
2 The principles of control of cancer pain 4
Marie Fallon, Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan Cherny
3 Difficult pain 8
Lesley Colvin, Karen Forbes, Marie Fallon
4 Breathlessness, cough, and other respiratory problems 13
Carol Davis, Gillian Percy
5 Oral health in patients with advanced disease 17
Jeremy Bagg, Andrew Davies
6 Anorexia, cachexia, nutrition, and fatigue 21
Kenneth Fearon, Matthew Barber
7 Nausea and vomiting 25
Kathryn Mannix
8 Constipation, diarrhoea, and intestinal obstruction 29
Nigel Sykes, Carla Ripamonti, Eduardo Bruera, Debra Gordon
9 Depression, anxiety, and confusion 36
Mari Lloyd-Williams
10 Emergencies 40
Stephen Falk, Colette Reid
11 The last 48 hours 44
James Adam
12 Palliative care for children 48
Ann Goldman
13 Communication 52
David Jeffrey
14 The carers 56
Julia Addington-Hall, Amanda Ramirez
15 Chronic non-malignant disease 59
Marie Fallon, Joanna Chambers, Francis Dunn, Raymond Voltz, Gian Borasio, Rob George, Roger Woodruff
16 Community palliative care 68
Keri Thomas
17 Bereavement 74
Marilyn Relf
18 Complementary therapies 78
Michelle Kohn, Jane Maher
Index 83
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