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Essentials of Palliative Care, 2013
Coordinators: Vadivelu Nalini, Kaye Alan David, Berger Jack M.
Language: EnglishSubject for Essentials of Palliative Care:
518 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
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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 Education
Angèle 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 Care
Raphael J. Leo and Maria Theresa Mariano
4. Hospice for the Terminally Ill and End of Life Care
Jamie 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 Choices
Sukanya Mitra and Nalini Vadivelu
7. Symptom Management
Angèle Ryan
8. Nutrition in Palliative Care
M. Khurram Ghori and Susan Dabu-Bondoc
9. Nursing Perspective and Considerations
Ena M. Williams and Tong Ying Ge
10. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Palliative care
Kais Alsharif and Justin Hata
11. Social Work in Palliative Care
Janet Lucas, Bill Mejia, and Anne Riffenburgh
12: The Healthcare System: More Questions Than Answers
Jackie D. D. Carter
13. Vascular Access, Ostomies and Drains Care in Palliative medicine
Patricia Devaney
14. Drug Formulary
Angèle Ryan
15. Interventional Radiology in Palliative Care
Oliver Hulson, Neal Larkman and Sreekumar Kunnumpurath
16. Stroke, Epilepsy and Neurological Diseases
María Gudín
17. Interventional Techniques in Palliative Care
Rinoo V. Shah, Alan David Kaye, Chris K. Merritt and Lien B. Tran
18. Headache in Palliative Care
Nicholas Connolly, Matthew Peña and Tara M. Sheridan
19. Endoscopic Therapies for Palliation of Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Henry C. Ho and Uzma D. Siddiqui
20. The Role of Palliative Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Amit Banerjee
21. Management of Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Dominique Anwar and Asif Anwar
22. Palliative Care in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Eric Grubman
23. Palliation in Respiratory Disease
David R Meek, Martin D. Knolle and Thomas B Pulimood
24. Palliative Care in Critical Care Units
Rita 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 Care
Chris K. Merritt, Lien B. Tran, Rinoo Vasant Shah and Alan David Kaye
27. Ethics in Palliative and End of Life Care
Jack M. Berger
28 Physician Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement for Palliative Care
Rene R. Rigal
20. The Role of Palliative Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Amit Banerjee
21. Management of Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Dominique Anwar and Asif Anwar
22. Palliative Care in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Eric Grubman
23. Palliation in Respiratory Disease
David R Meek, Martin D. Knolle and Thomas B Pulimood
24. Palliative Care in Critical Care Units
Rita 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 Care
Chris K. Merritt, Lien B. Tran, Rinoo Vasant Shah and Alan David Kaye
27. Ethics in Palliative and End of Life Care
Jack M. Berger
28 Physician Coding, Billing, and Reimbursement for Palliative Care
Rene R. Rigal
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