Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Ann M. Berger, John L. Shuster, Jr., Jamie Von Roenn.
• Other Names: Berger, Ann (Ann M.); Shuster, John L; Von Roenn, Jamie H
• Contents: Difficult pain syndromes: neuropathic pain, bone pain, and visceral pain -- Opioid pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacologic management of pain -- Interventional approaches to pain -- Pathology of bone metastases-implications for treatment -- Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Fever and sweats -- Hot flashes -- Anorexia/weight loss -- Dysphagia/speech rehabilitation in palliative care -- Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting and treatment-related nausea and vomiting -- Assessment of management of chronic nausea and vomiting -- Diarrhea, malabsorption, and constipation -- Bowel obstruction -- Diagnosis and management of effusions -- Hiccups and other gastrointestinal symptoms -- Biology of treatment-induced mucositis -- Oral manifestations and complications of cancer therapy -- Approach to liver metastases in palliative oncology -- Palliative endoscope procedures -- Palliative interventional radiologic procedures -- Pruritus -- Treatment of tumor-related skin disorders -- Dermatologic adverse events during treatment -- Management of pressure ulcers and fungating wounds -- Lymphedema -- Principles of fistula and stoma management -- Dyspnea in the cancer patient -- Hemoptysis, airway obstruction, bronchospasm, cough, and pulmonary complications/symptoms of cancer and its treatment -- Prevention, assessment, and management of treatment-induced cardiac disease in cancer patients -- Management of hypercoagulable states and coagulopathy -- Urologic issues in palliative care -- Impact of hepatic and renal dysfunction on pharmacology of palliative care drugs -- Hypercalcemia -- Metabolic disorders in the cancer patient -- Infectious complications/management -- Management of intracranial metastases -- Management of spinal cord and cauda equina compression -- Recognizing and managing delirium -- Treating depression at the end of life -- Anxiety -- Cognitive decline following cancer treatment -- Substance-abuse issues in palliative care -- Epidemiology and prognostication in advanced cancer -- Hospice -- Cultural issues -- Communication during transitions of care -- The family meetings -- Psychosocial consequences of advanced cancer -- Disorders of sexuality and reproduction -- Caregiving in the home -- Management of symptoms in the actively dying patient -- Spirituality -- Bereavement care -- Staff stress and burnout -- Advance directives, decision making, and withholding and withdrawing treatment -- Palliative care: ethics and the law -- Hematologic support of the cancer patient -- Issues in nutrition and hydration -- Complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies in oncology -- Geriatric palliative care -- Palliative care in pediatrics -- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and supportive care -- Long-term survivorship: late effects -- Survivorship issues in adults -- Outcomes assessment in palliative care -- Measurement of quality of life outcomes -- Research issues: ethics and study design.
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : LWW
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (960 pages)
• Subjects: 616.99/406; Cancer -- Palliative treatment; Cancer -- Complications -- Treatment; Cancer pain -- Treatment; Neoplasms -- therapy; Neoplasms -- complications; Pain Management -- methods; Palliative Care -- methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781469822518; 1469822512
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.