Oxford American handbook of hospice and palliative medicine
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Oxford American handbook of hospice and palliative medicine
（Oxford American handbooks）
Oxford University Press, c2011
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Handbook of hospice and palliative medicine
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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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