TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kinzbrunner,Barry M.
AU  - Policzer,Joel S.
TI  - End of life care: a practical guide
SN  - 9780071545273 (pbk.) :
AV  - R726.8 .A15 2011
U1  - 362.175 KIN 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - McGraw-Hill Medical
KW  - Terminal care
KW  - Terminally ill
KW  - Care
KW  - Hospice care
KW  - Palliative medicine
KW  - thema
KW  - Health systems & services
KW  - Medicine: general issues
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Terminal Care
KW  - methods
KW  - Advance Directives
KW  - Palliative Care
KW  - psychology
N1  - Previous ed.: published as 20 common problems in end-of-life care. 2002; Includes bibliographical references and index; Section I -- Preparing Patients for End-of-Life Care: --1.  Predicting Prognosis: How to Decide When End-of-Life Care Is Needed --2.   How to assist  Patients  and families in Accessing  End-of-Life Care -- 3. Communicating with Patients and Families --4.  How to Work with the Interdisciplinary Team --5.   Measuring Outcomes and Quality of Life --Section 2. Management of symptoms:- 6.  Management of Pain at the End of Life --7.  Dyspnea and Other Respiratory Symptoms --8.  Gastrointestinal Symptoms near the End of Life --9.  Neurological Symptoms at the End of Life --10.  Delirium, Depression, and Anxiety --11.  Wound Care and Other Dermatologic Problems at the End of Life --12.  The Last Days: The Actively Dying Patient --13.  Other Common Symptoms near the End of Life --14.  Psychosocial and Spiritual Concerns at the End of Life --15. The Physicians Role in Spiritual Care --16.  Psychosocial and Spiritual Assessments --17.  Grief and Bereavement --Section III: Diagnostic and Invasive Interventions: --18.  Diagnostic Tests and Invasive Procedures in End-of-Life Care --19.  Palliative Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy --20.  Invasive Cardiac Interventions --21. Invasive Respiratory Care --Section IV:  Ethical Dilemmas: --22.  Advance Directives and CPR at the End of Life --23. Physician-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia and Palliative Sedation --24.  Artificial Nutrition and Hydration -- Section V: Specific Population: --25.  End-of-Life Care in Patients with AIDS --26.  Care of the Pediatric Patient at the End of Life --27.  Grief and Bereavement in Children -- End-of-Life Care and Critical Care: The emergency department --29.  Hospice in Long-Term Care --30.  The Geriatric Patient: Pain Management -- Section VI: Diversity: --31.  Cultural Diversity and End-of-Life Care --32.  Religious Diversity and End-of-Life Care
N2  - 'End of Life Care' offers unmatched coverage of all the real-world issues and challenges that arise daily for those caring for dying patients and their families
ER  -