Textbook of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bruera, Eduardo; Morita, Tatsuya; Gunten, Charles F. von; Higginson, Irene J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition provides the essential clinical guidance both for those embarking upon a career in palliative medicine and for those already established in the field. A team of international experts here distil what every practitioner needs to know into a practical and reliable resource.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 974
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000280890
• Artikelnr.: 62159569

Autorenporträt

Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM is Professor and Chair, Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA Irene J. Higginson, OBE, BMedSci, BMBS, PhD, FMedSci, FRCP, FFPHM is Professor and Director, Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, UK Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD is Vice President, Medical Affairs, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, OhioHealth, Columbus, Ohio, USA Tatsuya Morita, MD is Director, Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, and Adjunct Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors. The development of hospice and palliative care.
Palliative care as a public health issue. Palliative care as a primary care
issue. The future of palliative medicine. Palliative care and supportive
care. Ethics in the practice of palliative care. Undergraduate education in
palliative medicine. Graduate education for nonspecialists. Challenges of
research in palliative and supportive medicine. The population: Who are the
subjects in palliative medicine research?. Study designs in palliative
medicine. Outcome measurement in palliative care. Ethics in palliative care
research. Adoption of palliative care: The engineering of organizational
change. Principles of measuring the financial outcomes of specialist
palliative care programs. Population-based needs assessment for patients
and those important to them, such as families. Models of palliative care
delivery. Home palliative care. Palliative care unit. Multidimensional
patient assessment. Tools for pain and symptom assessment. Quality of life
assessment in palliative care. Pathophysiology of chronic pain. Causes and
mechanisms of pain in palliative care patients. Opioid analgesics.
Assessment and management of opioid side effects. Adjuvant analgesic
medications. Alternative routes for systemic opioid delivery.
Interventional pain procedures in palliative care. Pain management in
pediatrics. Pain in the older adult. Neuropathic pain. Bone cancer pain and
skeletal complications. Breakthrough (episodic) pain in cancer patients.
Somatic symptoms, symptom clusters, and symptom burden. Pain in patients
with alcohol and drug dependence. Cachexia-anorexia syndrome.
Nausea/vomiting. Constipation. Jaundice. Malignant bowel obstruction.
Endoscopic treatment of digestive symptoms. Mechanism, assessment, and
management of fatigue. Breathlessness. Other respiratory symptoms (cough,
hiccup, and secretions). Depression/anxiety. Delirium. Sleep disturbances
in advanced cancer patients. Counseling in palliative care. Hope in
end-of-life care. Dehydration and rehydration. Fever, sweats, and hot
flashes. Pruritus. Infections in palliative care. Pediatric palliative
wound care: The unique anatomy and physiology of neonatal skin. Mouth care.
Fistulas. Assessment and management of lymphedema. Hypercalcemia.
Hemorrhage. Spinal cord compression. Clinical features and management of
superior vena cava syndrome. Acute pain and management. Suicide. Cancer:
Radiotherapy. Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted agents, and
immunotherapy. Integrative medicine in supportive and palliative care.
Neurological diseases. End-stage congestive heart failure. Geriatric
palliative care. Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Other
infectious diseases: Malaria, rabies, tuberculosis. Practical resources for
palliative care development in countries with limited resources: An IAHPC
perspective. Prognostic indicators of survival. Palliative sedation. Staff
stress and burnout in palliative care. Spiritual care. Family caregivers
and cultural sensitivity. Bereavement. Children of palliative care
patients. Neutropenic fever. Side effects of radiation therapy. Cardiac and
pulmonary toxicities of treatments. Oral complications of cancer therapies.
Dermatologic side effects. Peripheral neuropathy and neurotoxicity. Sex and
sexuality. Managing communication challenges with patients and families.
Supportive and palliative care for patients with HIV infection. Implantable
cardiac devices. Supportive care for patients with advanced chronic kidney
disease. Palliative care in the emergency department. Optimal Symptom
Management in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. The end of therapy:
Building the psychosocial and spiritual bridges to survivorship.
Rehabilitation in the acute and chronic care setting. Long-term cognitive
function. Gonadal functions and reproductive health. Pulmonary
rehabilitation. Index.