Russell K. Portenoy / Eduardo Bruera (eds.)

Topics in Palliative Care

Volume 4
Herausgeber: Portenoy, Russell K; Bruera, Eduardo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the fourth book in a series devoted to research and practice in palliative care. This rapidly evolving field focuses on the management of phenomena that produce discomfort and undermine the quality of life of patients with incurable medical disorders. To highlight the diversity in this field, each volume is divided into sections that address a range of issues. Various sections discuss aspects of symptom control, psychosocial functioning, spiritual or existential concerns, ethics, and other topics. The four sections in this volume are; Survival Estimation in Palliative Care, Education and Training in Palliative Care, Procoagulant and Anticoagulant Therapy in Palliative Care, and Issues in the Assessment and Management of Common Symptoms. The authors present and evaluate existing data, provide a context drawn from both the clinic and research, and integrate knowledge in a manner that is both practical and readable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780195132199
• ISBN-10: 019513219X
• Artikelnr.: 22016617

Inhaltsangabe

* Part One: Survival Estimation in Palliative Care
* 1: Marco Maltoni, Oriana Nanni, Emanuela Scarpi, Marco Pirovano and
Dino Amadori: Model for estimation of survival in patients with
far-advanced cancer
* 2: Victor Chang: The value of symptoms in prognosis
* 3: Ronald Schonwetter and Chirag R. Jani: Survival estimation in
noncancer patients with advanced disease
* 4: Gary S. Fischer, James A. Tulsky and Robert M. Arnold:
Communicating a poor prognosis
* Part Two: Education and Training in Palliative Care
* 5: Irene J. Higginson and Julie Hearn: Palliative care audit: tools,
objectives, and models for Training in assessment, monitoring and
review
* 6: David E. Weissman: Cancer pain as a model for the training of
physicians in palliative care
* 7: J. Cameron Muir and Charles F. von Gunten: The palliative care
unit as a focus for professional education
* 8: Janet A. Abrahm: The palliative care consultation team as a model
for palliative care education
* Part Three: Procoagulant and Anticoagulant Therapy in Palliative Care
* 9: Jose Pereira, Isabelle Mancini and Eduardo Bruera: The management
of bleeding in advanced cancer patients
* 10: Graham F. Pineo and Russel D. Hull: The use of Heparin, Low
Molecular Weight Heparin and oral anticoagulants in the management of
thromboembolic disease
* 11: Mark N. Levine: Prophylactic anticoagulant therapy in the
terminally ill cancer patient
* Part Four: Issues in the Assessment and Management of Common Symptoms
* 12: Stuart L. Du Pen and Anna R. Du Pen: Intraspinal analgesic
therapy in palliative care: evolving perspective
* 13: Deborah J. Dudgeon and Susan Rosenthal: Pathophysiology and
assessment of dyspnea in the patient with cancer
* 14: Sharon Watanabe: The role of oxygen in cancer-related dyspnea
* 15: Robin L. Fainsinger: Treatment of delirium at the end of life:
medical and ethical issues