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Palliative care : core skills and clinical competencies / [edited by] Linda L. Emanuel, S. Lawrence Librach.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ClinicalKeyPublication details: Philadelphia : Saunders, ©2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xxviii, 724 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • FOR
ISBN:
  • 9781437735970
  • 9781437735970 (electronic bk.)
  • 1437735975 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781437716191 (electronic bk.)
  • 1437716199 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Palliative careDDC classification:
  • 616.029 22
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .P3427 2011
NLM classification:
  • WB 310
  • WB 310
Online resources:
Contents:
1 Palliative Care: A Quiet Revolution in Patient Care -- 2 Comprehensive Assessment -- 3 Communication Skills -- 4 Negotiating Goals of Care: Changing Goals along the Trajectory of Illness -- 5 Prognostication -- 6 Multiple Symptoms and Multiple Illnesses -- 7 Pain -- 8 Nausea/Vomiting -- 9 Anorexia/Cachexia and Fatigue -- 10 Depression & Anxiety -- 11 Delirium -- 11 Constipation -- 12 Urinary Incontinence -- 13 Sexuality -- 14 Dyspnea -- 15 Working with Families -- 16 Wound Care -- 17 Loss, Bereavement, and Adaptation -- 18 Understanding and Respecting Cultural Differences -- 19 Dignity Therapy -- 20 Advance Care Planning -- 21 Responding to Requests for Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide -- 22 Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapies -- 23 Last Hours of Living -- 24 Legal and Ethical Issues in the US -- 25 Hematology/Oncology -- 26 HIV/AIDS -- 27 Heart Failure -- 28 Kidney Failure -- 29 Gastrointestinal Malignancies -- 30 Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 31 Palliative Interventional Therapy -- 32 Care of Patients with Dementia (Delete content on incontinence and falls) -- 33 Pulmonary Palliative Medicine -- 34 Pediatric Palliative Care -- 35 Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit -- 36 Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care -- 37 Veterans and Vulnerable Populations -- 38 Treating Special Populations (chronic psych illnesses, homeless) -- 39 The Interdisciplinary Team -- 40 Palliative Care Nursing -- 41 Social Workers -- 42 Spiritual Care -- 43 Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Settings -- 44 Home Care -- 45 Integrating Palliative Care into Disease Management -- 46 Palliative Care Services and Programs (including new content on quality) -- 47 Physician and End of Life Care -- 48 The Economic Burden of End-of-Life Illness -- 49 Dealing with Economic Hardship/Impact -- 50 Palliative Care in Developing Countries -- -- -- I Formulary -- II Reimbursement Mechanisms -- III Online Resources for Palliative & End of Life Care.
Summary: Written by two leading pioneers of palliative medicine, this essential guide provides you with the core knowledge and skills necessary to provide comprehensive and compassionate care.
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4 Week Loan St. Columcille’s Hospital Dublin St. Columcille’s Hospital Dublin Book 616.029 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available PALTVCARE 131862
4 Week Loan Wexford General Hospital Wexford General Hospital Open Shelves 616.029 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for Loan 034183
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Palliative Care: A Quiet Revolution in Patient Care -- 2 Comprehensive Assessment -- 3 Communication Skills -- 4 Negotiating Goals of Care: Changing Goals along the Trajectory of Illness -- 5 Prognostication -- 6 Multiple Symptoms and Multiple Illnesses -- 7 Pain -- 8 Nausea/Vomiting -- 9 Anorexia/Cachexia and Fatigue -- 10 Depression & Anxiety -- 11 Delirium -- 11 Constipation -- 12 Urinary Incontinence -- 13 Sexuality -- 14 Dyspnea -- 15 Working with Families -- 16 Wound Care -- 17 Loss, Bereavement, and Adaptation -- 18 Understanding and Respecting Cultural Differences -- 19 Dignity Therapy -- 20 Advance Care Planning -- 21 Responding to Requests for Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide -- 22 Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapies -- 23 Last Hours of Living -- 24 Legal and Ethical Issues in the US -- 25 Hematology/Oncology -- 26 HIV/AIDS -- 27 Heart Failure -- 28 Kidney Failure -- 29 Gastrointestinal Malignancies -- 30 Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 31 Palliative Interventional Therapy -- 32 Care of Patients with Dementia (Delete content on incontinence and falls) -- 33 Pulmonary Palliative Medicine -- 34 Pediatric Palliative Care -- 35 Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit -- 36 Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care -- 37 Veterans and Vulnerable Populations -- 38 Treating Special Populations (chronic psych illnesses, homeless) -- 39 The Interdisciplinary Team -- 40 Palliative Care Nursing -- 41 Social Workers -- 42 Spiritual Care -- 43 Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Settings -- 44 Home Care -- 45 Integrating Palliative Care into Disease Management -- 46 Palliative Care Services and Programs (including new content on quality) -- 47 Physician and End of Life Care -- 48 The Economic Burden of End-of-Life Illness -- 49 Dealing with Economic Hardship/Impact -- 50 Palliative Care in Developing Countries -- -- -- I Formulary -- II Reimbursement Mechanisms -- III Online Resources for Palliative & End of Life Care.

Written by two leading pioneers of palliative medicine, this essential guide provides you with the core knowledge and skills necessary to provide comprehensive and compassionate care.

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