Oxford American handbook of hospice and palliative medicine:
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press c2011
Schriftenreihe:Oxford American handbooks
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; Contributors; 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 and vomiting; 11 Constipation and bowel obstruction; 12 Delirium; 13 Clinical issues related to palliative sedation; 14 Dyspnea; 15 Emergencies in palliative care; 16 Other symptoms: xerostomia, hiccups, pruritis, pressure ulcers and wound care, lymphedema, and myoclonus; 17 Management of cancer treatment-related adverse effects
18 Radiotherapy and palliative care19 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 care32 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; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.
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. T.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 488 p.)
ISBN:0199701687
128342696X
9780195380156
9780199701681
9781283426961

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