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Palliative medicine : a case-based manual / edited by Neil MacDonald ... [and others].
Holman Biotech Commons R726.8 .M23 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palliative treatment.
- Palliative Care.
- Pain Management.
- Medical Subjects:
- Palliative Care.
- Pain Management.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- The second edition of Palliative Medicine - a case-based manual combines the personal experience of physicians with the collective wisdom of colleagues, integrating their clinical acumen and research findings in chapters considering the major problems in palliative care. The book uses a series of cases to illustrate critical points in palliative medicine. The case studies have been carefully chosen to reflect real life clinical practice. The contributors illustrate, through the case studies, the desired skills, attitudes, and knowledge required in this field of medicine.
- Reflecting the broad mandate of palliative care, the new edition introduces a number of new topics and authors, plus a thorough update of other chapters. It includes material on non-malignant disease which is an integral part of palliative care. The text distinguishes between evidence-based practice and common practice which has yet to be verified by research studies. Most chapters include a brief section at the end containing a commentary on future trends and promising areas of research.
- Palliative Medicine - a case-based manual is a provocative book that will help to stimulate enthusiastic discourse. Although aimed at students, trainees, and physicians who bear responsibility for the relief of suffering, it will also appeal to palliative care professionals, and assist them with their teaching.
- Contents:
- Communication
- 1 Communication in advanced illness / Balfour M. Mount 1
- Pain
- 2 Managing pain in palliative patients / Mike Harlos, Leah MacDonald 17
- 3 Neuropathic pain / Dwight Moulin 39
- 4 Bone pain / Susan MacDonald, Jennifer Hall 47
- 5 Visceral pain / Raymond Viola, Pippa Hall 59
- 6 Neurological effects: opioids / Sharon Watanabe, Yoko Tarumi 67
- Anorexia-cachexia-fatigue
- 7 Anorexia-cachexia syndrome / Paul Walker, Eduardo Bruera 75
- 8 Fatigue / Paul Walker, Eduardo Bruera 89
- Psychosocial issues
- 9 Anxiety and depression / Kurt Skakum, Harvey Max Chochinov 97
- 10 Grief / S. Lawrence Librach, Michele Chaban 111
- 11 Sleep / Srini Chary 123
- Respiratory problems
- 12 Dyspnoea / Deborah Dudgeon 133
- 13 Cough / Natalie Whiting 145
- Palliative care in non-malignant disease
- 14 AIDS / Daphne Lobb, Jacqueline Fraser, Millie Cumming, Sharon Duncan 153
- 15 Endstage renal disease and discontinuation of dialysis / Susan Chater, Tom Hutchinson, John F. Seely 165
- 16 Cardiac disease / Romayne Gallagher 175
- Gastrointestinal problems
- 17 Nausea and vomiting / Ingrid de Kock 187
- 18 Constipation / Paul Daeninck, Garnet Crawford 201
- 19 Malignant bowel obstruction / S. Lawrence Librach, A. Nina Horvath, E. Anne Langlois 213
- Spiritual care
- 20 Spiritual care / Balfour M. Mount 229
- An approach to ethical issues
- 21 An approach to ethical issues / Elizabeth Latimer, Pauline Lesage 241
- Ethical issues in palliative care research
- 22 Ethics in palliative care research / David J. Roy 261
- Paediatric palliative care
- 23 When palliative care involves children: Talking with the child as a family member, and as a patient, pain and symptoms highlights / Gerri Frager, Kim Blake 271
- Cognitive impairment
- 24 Cognitive impairment / Peter G. Lawlor, Bruno Gagnon, Wilma Falconer 295
- Dehydration
- 25 Dehydration / Robin Fainsinger 309
- Mouth care
- 26 Mouth care / Dominique Dion, Bernard Lapointe 317
- Malignant wounds and pressure ulcers
- 27 Malignant wounds and pressure ulcers / Valerie Nocent Schulz 333
- Lymphoedema
- 28 Lymphoedema / Anna Towers 349
- Genitourinary symptoms
- 29 Genitourinary symptoms / Michael Downing 359
- Home care of dying patients
- 30 Home care of dying patients / Anna Wreath Taube 375
- Information technology in palliative care
- 31 'I found this on the Internet': palliative care in the information age / Jose Pereira, Alejandro R. Jadad 389.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198528329
- OCLC:
- 60418028
- Publisher Number:
- 9780198528326
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