Oxford textbook of palliative medicine / edited by Nathan I. Cherny ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cherny, Nathan I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment--Textbooks.

Palliative treatment.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 1254 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford university press, 2015.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 The worldwide status of palliative care

1.1.International progress in creating palliative medicine as a specialized discipline and the development of palliative care / Tom Lynch

1.2.Providing palliative care in economically disadvantaged countries / Reena George

1.3.Essential medicines for palliative care / Eduardo Bruera

1.4.Policy in palliative care / Stein Kaasa

Section 2 The challenge of palliative medicine

2.1.The problem of suffering and the principles of assessment in palliative medicine / Nathan I. Cherny

2.2.The epidemiology of death and symptoms: planning for population-based palliative care / Jane M. Ingham

2.3.Predicting survival in patients with advanced disease / Josephine M. Clayton

2.4.Defining a `good' death / James A. Tulsky

2.5.Ethnic and cultural aspects of palliative care / Jonathan Koffman

2.6.The economic challenges of palliative medicine / J. Brian Cassel

Note continued: Section 3 Service delivery issues in palliative care

3.1.Barriers to the delivery of palliative care / Barry J. A. Laird

3.2.Palliative care delivery models / Irene J. Higginson

3.3.Palliative care in the emergency department / Karen May

3.4.Palliative care in the nursing home / Patricia M. Davidson

Section 4 The interdisciplinary team

4.1.The core team and the extended team / Augusto Caraceni

4.2.Teaching and training in palliative medicine / Jane Gibbins

4.3.Nursing and palliative care / David C. Free

4.4.Social work in palliative care / Nina Laing

4.5.The role of the chaplain in palliative care / Christina M. Puchalski

4.6.Occupational therapy in palliative care / Nina Kite

4.7.Music therapy in palliative care / Clare O'Callaghan

4.8.The contribution of the dietitian and nutritionist to palliative medicine / Isobel Davidson

4.9.Physiotherapy in palliative care / Anne M. English

Note continued: 4.10.Speech and language therapy in palliative care / Katherine L.P. Reid

4.11.The contribution of art therapy to palliative medicine / Michele J.M. Wood

4.12.Stoma therapy in palliative care / Jane Ellen Barr

4.13.Clinical psychology in palliative care / Anja Mehnert

4.14.The contribution of the clinical pharmacist in palliative care / Margaret Gibbs

4.15.Medical rehabilitation and the palliative care patient / Andrea L. Cheville

4.16.Burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress in palliative care / Michael Kearney

4.17.Integrative oncology in palliative medicine / Barrie R. Cassileth

Section 5 Ethical issues

5.1.Human rights issues / Liz Gwyther

5.2.Confidentiality / Timothy W. Kirk

5.3.Neuro-palliative care and disorders of consciousness / Barbara Pohl

5.4.Truth telling and consent / Rebecca Johnson

5.5.Ethics in paediatric palliative care / Richard D.W. Hain

Note continued: 5.6.Dignity and palliative end-of-life care / Maia S. Kredentser

5.7.Euthanasia and palliative care / Georg Bosshard

5.8.Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment (including artificial nutrition and hydration) / Craig D. Blinderman

Section 6 Communication and palliative medicine

6.1.Communication with the patient and family / James A. Tulsky

6.2.Talking with families and children about the death of a parent / Jackie Ellis

6.3.Communication between professionals / Janet L. Abrahm

6.4.Communications with the public, politicians, and the news media / Barry R. Ashpole

Section 7 Assessment tools and informatics

7.1.Palliative care needs assessment tools / Amy Waller

7.2.The measurement of, and tools for, pain and other symptoms / Russell K. Portenoy

7.3.Informatics and literature search / David C. Currow

7.4.Validated assessment tools for psychological, spiritual, and family issues / Lara Dhingra

Note continued: Section 8 Common symptoms and disorders

8.1.Fatigue and asthenia / Eduardo Bruera

8.2.Dyspnoea and other respiratory symptoms in palliative care / Michael M.K. Sham

8.3.Anaemia, cytopenias, and thrombosis in palliative medicine / Cynthia Wu

8.4.Genitourinary aspects of palliative care / Christopher P. Evans

8.5.Oral care / Andrew N. Davies

8.6.Sleep disorders / Eleni Tsilika

8.7.The management of bleeding in palliative care / Jennifer Brodeur

8.8.Sexual dysfunction: discussing patient sexuality and intimacy in palliative care / Amanda Hordern

Section 9 Common symptoms and disorders: pain

9.1.Principles of drug therapy: focus on opioids / Joy Ross

9.2.Pathophysiology of pain in cancer and other terminal illnesses / Anthony H. Dickenson

9.3.Definition and assessment of chronic pain in advanced disease / Michael I. Bennett

9.4.Opioid therapy: optimizing analgesic outcomes / Nathan I. Cherny

Note continued: 9.5.Opioid therapy: managing risks of abuse, addiction, and diversion / Steven D. Passik

9.6.Non-opioid analgesics / Stein Kaasa

9.7.Adjuvant analgesics / Russell K. Portenoy

9.8.Interventional approaches for chronic pain / Michael J. Cousins

9.9.Neurostimulation in pain management / Ricardo A. Cruciani

9.10.Rehabilitation medicine approaches to pain management / Jeffrey R. Basford

9.11.Psychological and psychiatric interventions in pain control / Steven D. Passik

9.12.Complementary therapies in pain management / Barrie R. Cassileth

9.13.Paediatric pain control / John J. Collins

Section 10 Common symptoms and disorders: gastrointestinal symptoms

10.1.Dysphagia, dyspepsia, and hiccup / Katherine Clark

10.2.Palliation of nausea and vomiting / Kathryn A. Mannix

10.3.Constipation and diarrhoea / Nigel P. Sykes

10.4.Jaundice, ascites, and encephalopathy / Jeremy Keen

Note continued: 10.5.Aetiology, classification, assessment, and treatment of the anorexia-cachexia syndrome / Kenneth C.H. Fearon

Section 11 Common symptoms and disorders: skin problems

11.1.Skin problems in palliative care / Sebastian Probst

11.2.Pruritus and sweating in palliative medicine / Thomas P. Pittelkow

11.3.Lymphoedema / Vaughan Keeley

Section 12 Issues in populations with cancer

12.1.The oncologist's role in delivering palliative care / Stein Kaasa

12.2.Disease-modifying therapies in advanced cancer / Dirk Schrijvers

12.3.Radiotherapy in symptom management / Peter J. Hoskin

12.4.The role of general surgery in the palliative care of patients with cancer / Robert S. Krouse

12.5.Orthopaedic surgery in the palliation of cancer / David McKeown

12.6.Interventional radiology in the palliation of cancer / Andy Adam

Section 13 Cancer pain syndromes

13.1.Cancer pain syndromes: overview / Nathan I. Cherny

Note continued: 13.2.Cancer-induced bone pain / Marie T. Fallon

13.3.Management issues in neuropathic pain / Troels Staehelin Jensen

13.4.Visceral pain / Victor T. Chang

13.5.Management issues in chronic pain following cancer therapy / Gordon Giddings

Section 14 Cancer-associated disorders

14.1.Neurological problems in advanced cancer / Fabio Simonetti

14.2.Endocrine and metabolic complications of advanced cancer / Sarah Cox

14.3.Bowel obstruction / Hans Gerdes

14.4.Skin problems in oncology / Michal Lotem

14.5.Palliative issues in the care of patients with cancer of the head and neck / Bethany M. Andrews

Section 15 Issues in populations with non-cancer illnesses

15.1.HIV/AIDS / Peter A. Selwyn

15.2.Caring for the patient with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Robert Horton

15.3.Advanced heart disease / Patricia M. Davidson

15.4.Dementia / Rachelle Bernacki

Note continued: 15.5.Neurological disorders other than dementia / Georg S. Nubling

15.6.End-stage kidney disease / Fliss E. M. Murtagh

15.7.Palliative medicine in the intensive care unit / David Dahan

Section 16 Issues of the very young and the very old

16.1.Talking with families and children about the death of a parent / Paula K. Rauch

16.2.Care of children with advanced illness / Natasha Samy

16.3.Palliative medicine and care of the elderly / Jane L. Phillips

Section 17 Psychosocial and spiritual issues in palliative medicine

17.1.Spiritual issues in palliative medicine / Susan E. McClement

17.2.Coping in palliative medicine / Lea Baider

17.3.Depression, demoralization, and suicidality / Matthew Doolittle

17.4.Adjustment disorders and anxiety / Limor Amit

17.5.Delirium / William S. Breitbart

17.6.The family perspective / David W. Kissane

17.7.Bereavement / Talia I. Zaider

Section 18 The terminal phase

Note continued: 18.1.Management of the actively dying patient / Judith Lacey

18.2.Sedation at the end of life / Eric L. Krakauer

Section 19 Research in palliative medicine

19.1.Research in palliative care / Karen Forbes

19.2.The principles of evidence-based medicine / Amy P. Abernethy

19.3.Understanding clinical trials in palliative care research / John T. Farrar

19.4.Qualitative research / Kate Flemming

19.5.Research into psychosocial issues / Thomas M. Atkinson

19.6.Ethical issues in palliative care research / David Casarett

19.7.Quality of life in palliative care: principles and practice / Jon Havard Loge

19.8.Health services research in palliative care and end-of-life care / Luc Deliens

19.9.Clinical audit in palliative medicine / Irene J. Higginson.

ISBN:

0199656096

9780199656097

OCLC:

909304915