Palliative medicine. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Declan Walsh [and eight others].
• Other Names: Walsh, Declan, 1947-
• Contents: Palliative Medicine-The Global Perspective: Closing the Know-Do Gap -- Death in Modern Society -- Illness Trajectories and Stages -- The History of Hospice -- Palliative Medicine: Models of Organization -- The Specialty of Palliative Medicine -- Principles of Palliative Medicine -- The Human Experience of Illness -- Suffering -- Culture, Ethnicity, and Illness -- The Desire for Death -- Spiritual Distress -- Families in Distress -- Grief and Bereavement -- Stress and Burnout -- Body Image and Sexuality -- Principles of Bioethics -- Ethics and Clinical Practice -- Advanced Directives -- Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment -- Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide -- Research Bioethics -- Curriculum Development -- Adult Learning -- Web-Based Learning -- Principles of Palliative Medicine Research -- Developing a Research Group -- Design and Conduct of Research and Clinical Trials -- Design and Conduct of Research and Clinical Trials -- Biostatistics and Epidemiology -- Symptom Research -- Health Services Research -- Psychosocial Research -- Qualitative Methodology -- Priorities for the Future: The Research Agenda -- Program Development: An International Perspective -- Program Development: National Planning -- Program Development: Palliative Medicine and Public Health Services -- Consultation Services -- Acute Palliative Medicine Units -- Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Care Units -- Palliative Medicine in Institutions -- Home Care and Hospice Home Care -- The Business of Palliative Medicine: Quality Care in a Challenging Environment -- Development of National and International Standards -- Clinical Practice Guidelines -- Evidence-Based Economic Evaluation -- The Interdisciplinary Team -- The Physician -- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners -- The Social WorkerThe Nutrition Support Team -- Occupational and Physical Therapy -- The Speech-Language Pathologist -- Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists -- Spiritual Care -- The Role of the Clinical Pharmacist -- Palliative Medicine and the Ethics Consultant. Music and Art Therapists -- Wound and Stoma Therapists -- The Volunteer -- History and Physical Examination -- Assessing the Family and Caregivers -- Clinical Symptom Assessment -- Qualitative and Quantitative Symptom Assessment -- Measuring Quality of Life -- The Neuropsychological Examination -- Sexuality and Intimacy in the Critically Ill -- Assessment of Mobility -- Nuclear Medicine -- Computed Tomography Scanning and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Palliative Care -- Positron Emission Tomography -- Cardiac Function Testing -- Pulmonary Function -- Laboratory Hematology -- The Role of Pathology -- Common Medical and Surgical Disorders -- Common Musculoskeletal Co-morbidities -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Heart Failure -- Arrhythmias -- Hypertension -- Kidney Failure -- Alcohol and Drug Abuse -- Complications of Advanced Disease -- Deep Vein Thrombosis -- Persistent or Repeated Hemorrhage -- Lymphedema -- Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care -- Stomas and Fistulas -- Emergencies in Palliative Medicine -- Infections In Palliative Medicine -- Prevention and Control of Infections -- Urinary Tract Infections -- Health Care-Acquired Infections -- Fatal and Fulminant Infections -- Antimicrobial Use in the Dying -- Palliative Surgery -- Gastrointestinal Endoscopy -- Palliative Management of Airway Obstruction: Tracheostomy and Airway Stents -- Pleural and Peritoneal Catheters -- Interventional Radiology -- Durable Medical Equipment -- Communication Devices -- Physiology of Nutrition and Aging -- Determination of Nutrition and Hydration -- The Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome -- Clinical Nutrition -- Principles and Management of Nutritional Support in Cancer -- Nutrition in Palliative Medicine -- Good Communication: Patients, Families, and Professionals -- Telling the Truth: Bad News -- Problems in Communication -- Counseling -- Public Advocacy and Community Outreach -- Telemedicine --Making Good Decisions -- Denial and Decision-Making Capacity -- Evidence-Based Decision Making: Challenges and Opportunities -- Determining Prognosis -- The Plan of Care. Principles of Pharmacology -- Neuropharmacology and Psychopharmacology -- Prescribing -- Interactions, Side Effects, and Management -- Drug Use in Special Populations -- Kidney and Liver Disease -- Routes of Administration -- Development and Use of a Formulary -- Antacids -- Antidepressants and Psychostimulants -- Antibiotics --Antiepileptic Drugs -- Cancer-Related Weight Loss -- Anxiolytics, Sedatives, and Hypnotics -- Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs -- Diuretics -- Bronchodilators and Cough Suppressants -- Opioids -- Psychotropic Drugs -- Laxatives -- Cardiac Drugs -- Local and General Anesthetics -- Drugs for Hypercalcemia -- Antiemetic Drugs -- Corticosteroids -- Drugs for Myoclonus and Tremors -- Drugs for Diarrhea -- Principles of Symptom Control -- Symptom Epidemiology and Clusters -- Anorexia and Weight Loss -- Anxiety -- Syncope and Blackouts -- Airway Obstruction -- Constipation and Diarrhea -- Cough, Hemoptysis, and Bronchorrhea -- Delirium and Psychosis -- Depression -- Dysphagia -- Dyspnea -- Edema -- Fatigue -- Fever and Sweats -- Hiccups -- Incontinence: Urine and Stool -- Indigestion -- Pruritus -- Memory Problems -- Muscle Spasms -- Nausea, Vomiting, and Early Satiety -- Nonmalignant Pain -- Oral Symptoms -- Tenesmus, Strangury, and Malodor -- Premature Menopause -- Death Rattle -- Seizures and Movement Disorders -- Sleep Problems and Nightmares --Diagnosis of Death and Dying -- Standards of Care -- Palliative Sedation -- Care of the Dying: Hospitals and Intensive Care Units -- Comfort Care: Symptom Control in the Dying -- Integrative Medicine: Complementary Therapies -- Organ Transplantation -- Cardiovascular Disorders -- Respiratory Failure -- Respiratory Equipment -- Congenital Intellectual Disability -- Musculoskeletal Disorders -- Stroke -- Parkinson's Disease -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis -- Quadriplegia and Paraplegia -- Neonates, Children, and Adolescents -- Cancer in Children -- Psychological Adaptation of the Dying Child. Family Adjustment and Support -- Pediatric Pain and Symptom Control -- Hospice and Special Services -- Pediatric Palliative Care: Interdisciplinary Support -- Parent and Child Bereavement -- Demographics of Aging -- Biology and Physiology of Aging -- The Aging Brain and Dementia -- The Frail Elderly -- Caregiver Burden -- Community Services -- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: A Global Perspective -- Biology and Natural History of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Adults -- Palliative Care for Children and Adolescents with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Complications of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Treatment of Persons Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Symptom Management -- Biology of Cancer -- Epidemiology of Cancer -- Natural History of Cancer -- Principles of Medical Oncology -- Patterns of Metastatic Cancer -- Neurological Complications -- Brain Metastases -- Bone Metastases -- Vertebral Metastases and Spinal Cord Compression -- Malignant Ascites -- Pleural and Pericardial Effusions -- Intestinal Dysfunction and Obstruction -- Genitourinary Complications in Palliative Oncology -- Hypercalcemia -- Bone Marrow Failure -- Bleeding and Clotting Disorders in Cancer -- The Vena Cava Syndrome -- Oral Complications of Cancer and Its Treatment -- Paraneoplastic Syndromes -- Autonomic Dysfunction -- Radiation Principles and Techniques -- Complications of Radiation Therapy -- Palliative Radiation Therapy -- Principles of Modern Chemotherapy and Endocrine Therapy -- Complications of Chemotherapy -- Palliative Chemotherapy and Corticosteroids -- Principles and Practice of Surgical Oncology -- Palliative Orthopedic Surgery -- Modern Supportive Care in Oncology -- Pathophysiology of Cancer Pain -- Psychological and Psychiatric Approaches -- Rehabilitation Approaches -- Cancer Pain: Anesthetic and Neurosurgical Interventions -- Acupuncture, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, and Topical Analgesics -- Opioids for Cancer Pain -- Opioid Side Effects and Overdose -- Opioid Use in Drug and Alcohol Abuse -- Nonopioid and Adjuvant Analgesics -- Challenging Pain Problems -- Pain in Cancer Survivors. Principles --The patient -- Drugs and symptoms -- Palliative care and general medicine -- Palliative medicine in cancer.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xl, 1475 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616/.029; Terminal care; Palliative treatment; Palliative Care; Hospices; Psychology, Social; Terminal Care -- ethics; Terminal Care; Terminally Ill -- psychology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Palliative treatment; Terminal care; Palliatieve behandeling; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781437721942
• Related ISBNs: 143772194X; 9780323056748; 0323056741; 9780323035835; 0323035833; 9780323040211; 0323040217
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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