Essentials of palliative care / Nalini Vadivelu, Alan David Kaye, Jack M. Berger, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vadivelu, Nalini.

Kaye, Alan David.

Berger, Jack M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment.

Terminal care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (524 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees. It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including psychological management, guidance on how to help patients and their families through the many healthcare decision points they face, and sensitivity to the goals and culture of the patient. Review questions, with detailed answers, provide a convenient way for readers to test their knowledge. Features: · Concise, comprehensive, clinically focused · Multiple choice review questions, with detailed answers · Expert contributors from leading institutions · Coordination of care by palliative care team a major focus.

Contents:

1. Introduction and Education

2. Multidisciplinary Approach and Coordination of Care

3. Psychological Distress and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Palliative Care

4. Hospice for the Terminally Ill and End of Life Care

5. Communication in palliative care

6. Guidance with Complex Treatment Choices

7. Symptom Management

8. Nutrition in Palliative Care

9. Nursing Perspective and Considerations

10. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Palliative care

11. Social Work in Palliative Care

12: The Healthcare System: More Questions Than Answers

13. Vascular Access, Ostomies and Drains Care in Palliative medicine

14. Drug Formulary

15. Interventional Radiology in Palliative Care

16. Stroke, Epilepsy and Neurological Diseases

17. Interventional Techniques in Palliative Care

18. Headache in Palliative Care

19. Endoscopic Therapies for Palliation of Gastrointestinal Malignancies

20. The Role of Palliative Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery

21. Management of Advanced Heart Failure Patients

22. Palliative Care in Cardiac Electrophysiology

23. Palliation in Respiratory Disease

24. Palliative Care in Critical Care Units

25. Pediatric Palliative Care

26. New Pain Management Vistas in Palliative Care

27. Ethics in Palliative and End of Life Care

28 Physician Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement for Palliative Care.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-90919-7

1-4614-5164-7

OCLC:

823729102