Essentials of Palliative Care (eBook)
XXI, 518 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4614-5164-8 (ISBN)
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
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
Table of Contents Essentials of Palliative Care Nalini Vadivelu, Alan D. Kaye, Jack M. Berger, editors Dedications Foreword Preface Contributors 1. Introduction and EducationAngèle Ryan and Jack M. Berger 2. Multidisciplinary Approach and Coordination of Care Sukanya Mitra and Nalini Vadivelu 3. Psychological Distress and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Palliative CareRaphael J. Leo and Maria Theresa Mariano 4. Hospice for the Terminally Ill and End of Life CareJamie Capasso, Robert Byron Kim and Danielle Perret 5. Communication in palliative care Dominique Anwar, Sean Ransom and Roy S. Weiner 6. Guidance with Complex Treatment ChoicesSukanya Mitra and Nalini Vadivelu 7. Symptom ManagementAngèle Ryan 8. Nutrition in Palliative CareM. Khurram Ghori and Susan Dabu-Bondoc 9. Nursing Perspective and ConsiderationsEna M. Williams and Tong Ying Ge 10. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Palliative care Kais Alsharif and Justin Hata 11. Social Work in Palliative CareJanet Lucas, Bill Mejia, and Anne Riffenburgh 12: The Healthcare System: More Questions Than AnswersJackie D. D. Carter 13. Vascular Access, Ostomies and Drains Care in Palliative medicine Patricia Devaney 14. Drug FormularyAngèle Ryan 15. Interventional Radiology in Palliative CareOliver Hulson, Neal Larkman and Sreekumar Kunnumpurath 16. Stroke, Epilepsy and Neurological DiseasesMaría Gudín 17. Interventional Techniques in Palliative CareRinoo V. Shah, Alan David Kaye, Chris K. Merritt and Lien B. Tran 18. Headache in Palliative CareNicholas Connolly, Matthew Peña and Tara M. Sheridan 19. Endoscopic Therapies for Palliation of Gastrointestinal MalignanciesHenry C. Ho and Uzma D. Siddiqui 20. The Role of Palliative Care in Cardiothoracic SurgeryAmit Banerjee 21. Management of Advanced Heart Failure PatientsDominique Anwar and Asif Anwar 22. Palliative Care in Cardiac ElectrophysiologyEric Grubman 23. Palliation in Respiratory DiseaseDavid R Meek, Martin D. Knolle and Thomas B Pulimood 24. Palliative Care in Critical Care UnitsRita Agarwala, Ben Singer, Sreekumar Kunnumpurath 25. Pediatric Palliative Care Shu-Ming Wang, Paul B Yost and Leonard Sender 26. New Pain Management Vistas in Palliative CareChris K. Merritt, Lien B. Tran, Rinoo Vasant Shah and Alan David Kaye 27. Ethics in Palliative and End of Life CareJack M. Berger 28 Physician Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement for Palliative CareRene R. Rigal 20. The Role of Palliative Care in Cardiothoracic SurgeryAmit Banerjee 21. Management of Advanced Heart Failure PatientsDominique Anwar and Asif Anwar 22. Palliative Care in Cardiac ElectrophysiologyEric Grubman 23. Palliation in Respiratory DiseaseDavid R Meek, Martin D. Knolle and Thomas B Pulimood 24. Palliative Care in Critical Care UnitsRita Agarwala, Ben Singer, Sreekumar Kunnumpurath 25. Pediatric Palliative Care Shu-Ming Wang, Paul B Yost and Leonard Sender 26. New Pain Management Vistas in Palliative CareChris K. Merritt, Lien B. Tran, Rinoo Vasant Shah and Alan David Kaye 27. Ethics in Palliative and End of Life CareJack M. Berger 28 Physician Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement for Palliative CareRene R. Rigal
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.11.2012 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XXI, 518 p. 26 illus., 13 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Anästhesie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Schlagworte | Chronic Disease • end-of-life • end-of-life care • Hospice • Pain • pain management • Palliative • Palliative Care • Palliative Medicine |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4614-5164-7 / 1461451647 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4614-5164-8 / 9781461451648 |
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