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Palliative care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : from diagnosis to bereavement / edited by David Oliver, Gian Domenico Borasio, Wendy Johnston ; Sunil Kumar Aggarwal [and thirty one others], contributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Palliative treatment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides an evidence-based guide to the care of people with ALS/MND, including the control of symptoms, the psychosocial care of patients and their families, and care in bereavement.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; 1 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease; Christopher E. Shaw, Annika Quinn, and Emma Daniel; 2 Palliative care; David Oliver; 3 Communication: breaking the news; Richard Sloan and Gian Domenico Borasio; 4 Decision-making; Wendy Johnston; 5 Advance directives; Gian Domenico Borasio and Raymond Voltz; 6 Respiratory complications; Deborah Gelinas; 7 Control of symptoms: dysphagia; Edith Wagner-Sonntag; 8 Control of symptoms: cognitive dysfunction; Laura H. Goldstein
- 9 Pain, psychological distress, and other symptomsDavid Oliver, Gian Domenico Borasio, and Wendy Johnston; 10 Psychosocial care; Sue Smith and Maria Wasner; 11 Spiritual care; Robert Lambert; 12 Multidisciplinary care: physiotherapy; Ulrike Hammerbeck and Emily Jay; 13 Multidisciplinary care: occupational therapy; Chris Kingsnorth and Sarah Lavender; 14 Multidisciplinary care: speech and language therapy; Amanda Scott and Maryanne McPhee; 15 Multidisciplinary care: nursing care; Dallas A. Forshew; 16 Complementary and alternative medicine
- Gregory T. Carter, Sunil Kumar Aggarwal, Michael Weiss, and Richard S. Bedlack17 End-of-life care: ethical issues; Leo McCluskey, Lauren Elman, and Wendy Johnston; 18 End-of-life care in ALS; Nigel Sykes; 19 Bereavement; Joy Kelly; 20 No time to waste: a family's journey from diagnosis to bereavement; Marika Warren, Michelle Warren, and Douglas Warren; Appendix: List of useful websites for ALS patients; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-150950-7
- 0-19-150949-3
- OCLC:
- 922972929
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