Textbook of Palliative Care / edited by Roderick Duncan MacLeod, Lieve Van den Block.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacLeod, Roderick Duncan.

Contributor:

Van Den Block, Lieve.

Series:

Medicine Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment.

Palliative Care.

Local Subjects:

Palliative Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3516 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This second edition provides the most up-to-date information on all aspects of palliative care including recent developments (including COVID-19), global policies, service provision, symptom management, professional aspects, organization of services, palliative care for specific populations, palliative care emergencies, ethical issues in palliative care, research in palliative care, public health approaches and financial aspects of care. This new Textbook of Palliative Care remains a unique, comprehensive, clinically relevant and state-of-the art book, aimed at advancing palliative care as a science, a clinical practice and as an art. Palliative care has been part of healthcare for over fifty years but it still needs to explained to many. Healthcare education and training has been slow to recognize the vital importance of ensuring that all practitioners have a good understanding of what is involved in the care of people with serious or advanced illnesses and their families. However, the science of palliative care is advancing and this new edition will contribute to a better understanding. This new edition offers 86 updated or new chapters out of 108, written by experts in their given fields, providing up-to-date information on a wide range of topics of relevance to those providing care towards the end of life no matter what the disease may be. We present a global perspective on contemporary and classic issues in palliative care with authors from a wide range of disciplines involved in this essential aspect of care. The Textbook includes sections addressing aspects such as symptom management and care provision, organization of care in different settings, care in specific disease groups, palliative care emergencies, ethics, public health approaches and research in palliative care. This new Textbook will be of value to practitioners in all disciplines and professions where the care of people approaching death is important, specialists as well as non-specialists, in any setting where people with serious advanced illnesses are residing. It is also an important resource for researchers, policy-and decision-makers at national or regional levels. Neither the science nor the art of palliative care will stand still so the Editors and contributors from all over the world aim to keep this Textbook updated so that the reader can find new evidence and approaches to care. .

Contents:

Approach and Nature of Palliative Care

Quality of Life

Global Aspects of Palliative Care

Challenges and Future Directions of Palliative Care

Organization of Palliative Care in Different Parts of the World

Policies on Palliative Care in Different Parts of the World

Palliative Care, Towards a New Definition

Physical, Psychological/Psychiatric, Social and Spiritual Problems and Symptoms

Pain and Pain Management

Palliative Management of Breathlessness

Fatigue

Edema and Lymphedema

Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Intestinal Obstruction

Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Nausea and Vomiting

Cachexia/Anorexia and Feeding Difficulties

Mouth

Skin Symptoms

Swallowing Difficulties

Sleep Difficulties

Psychological Symptoms

Delirium and Palliative Care

Neurological Symptoms

Genitourinary Symptoms

End-of-life Symptoms

Gastroparesis and Cancer-Related Gastroparesis

Advance Care Planning in Palliative Care

Prognostication in PalliativeCare

Spirituality in Palliative Care

Access to Palliative Care

Integrated Palliative Care: Clinical, Organizational, and Health System Perspectives

Family Focused Care Span

Grief and Bereavement

Rehabilitation in Palliative Care

Dietetics and Nutrition in Palliative Care

Mouth Care

Creative Art Making in Palliative Care

Music Engagement and Therapeutic Music

Sexuality and Intimacy

Interprofessional Practice in Palliative Care

Generalists and Specialist Palliative Care

Nursing and Palliative Care

Self-Care and Palliative Care

End of Life Care

Self-management in Palliative Care

Education and Palliative Care, Overview

Palliative Care in Rural Settings

Home Care, Primary Care

Palliative Care in Residential Settings

Hospital Care

Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Volunteers in Palliative Care

Palliative Care and Cancer

Palliative Care and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Palliative Care and Stroke

Palliative Care in Heart Failure

Palliative care of Respiratory Disease in Primary Care

Palliative Care and Liver Diseases

Palliative Care in Kidney Disease

Palliative Care and Endocrine Diseases

Palliative Care in Chronic Illness and Multimorbidity

Palliative care in dementia

Dealing with a Wound in Palliative Care

Pressure Area Management in Palliative care

End of Life Health Care Experiences of Indigenous People and Ethnic Minorities; the example of Canada

Palliative Care, Frailty and Older People

Palliative Care of Pediatric Populations

Palliative Care and Intellectual Disability

Palliative Care of Indigenous Peoples and Peoples of Different Ethnicity

Hypercalcemia of Malignancy

Thromboembolism and bleeding

Spinal Cord Compression

Superior Vena Cava Obstruction

Acute Cancer Pain Syndromes in Palliative Care Emergencies

Acute Dyspnoea

Neutropenic Sepsis

Seizures

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Transfer to a Preferred Place of Death

ChallengingFamily Dynamics

Delirium as a Palliative Care Emergency

Distinguishing and Managing Severe Psychological and Psychiatric Distress

End-Of-Life Decisions

Sedation and Terminal Sedation

Nutrition and Hydration in Palliative Care

Ethics of home-coming

Request for Assisted Suicide

Public Health and Epidemiological Research in Palliative Care

Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions in Palliative Care

Mixed Method Research in Palliative Care

Ethics in Palliative Care Research

Evidence based Practice in Palliative Care

New Public Health Approaches to End of Life Care

A public health approach to integrate palliative care into a country’s health care system: guidance as provided by the WHO

Measuring Cost-Effectiveness in Palliative Care

Financial Aspects of Inpatient Palliative Care

Financial Aspects of Outpatient Palliative Care

Serious Illness and Out-of-Pocket Spending.

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ISBN:

9783031489914

3031489918

OCLC:

1507695326