Description
The Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care is an easily-navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. The table of contents follows the core curriculum of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, thus meeting the educational and clinical information needs of students, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners. Succinct, evidence-based, topically-focused content is supplemented by extensive tables, algorithms, and clinical pearls. This edition includes new sections on grief and bereavement, medical marijuana, and physician assisted suicide, and has been updated throughout to incorporate National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Table of Contents
1. Definitions and Key Elements In Palliative and Supportive Care2. Symptom Assessment3. Clinical Decision Making4. Pain Assessment and Management5. Fatigue6. Cachexia7. Dehydration8. Anxiety and Depression9. Sleep Disturbance10. Chronic Nausea and Vomiting11. Constipation and Bowel Obstruction12. Delirium13. Clinical Issues Related to Palliative Sedation14. Breathlessness15. Emergencies in Palliative Care16. Other Symptoms: Xerostomia, Hiccups, Pruritis, Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care, Lymphedema, and Myoclonus17. Management of Cancer Treatment-Related Adverse Effects18. Radiotherapy and Palliative Care19. Hospice approach to Palliative Care20. Psychosocial and Cultural Consideration in Palliative Care21. Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care22. The Palliative Care Team23. Family Conference: Role in Palliative Care24. Ethical Aspects of Palliative Medicine25. Prognostication in Palliative Care26. Frequent Pharmalogical Interactions in Palliative Care27. Pediatric Palliative Care28. Palliative Care in Older Adults29. Palliative Care in End-Stage Heart Failure30. Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease31. Renal Palliative Care32. Palliative Care in Patients with AIDS33. Palliative Care in End-Stage Neurological Disease34. Palliative Care in End-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease35. Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)36. Research in Terminally Ill Patients37. Prevention and Management, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Health Care Providers
