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Geriatric palliative care / edited by R. Sean Morrison, Diane E. Meier and Carol Capello.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: 480 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780195141917 (hbk.) :
  • 0195141911 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.0290846 MOR
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .G475 2003
Contents:
PART I: OVERVIEW: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF OLD AGE AND FRAILTY; 1. Variability in End-of-Life Care in the United States--2. Developmental Challenges and Opportunities for Growth: The Inner Life at the End of Life--3. Assessing Quality of Life and Quality of Dying in the Elderly: Implications for Clinical Practice of Palliative Medicine-- 4. The Place of Love in the Care of Persons with Advanced Dementia--5. Artifical Nutrition and Hydration-- 6. Age, Rationing and Palliative Care-- 7. Ethical Aspects of Geriatric Palliative Care-- 8. Respecting Diversity-- PART II: DISEASE- AND SYNDROME-SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF PALLIATIVE CARE:- 9. Frailty and its Implications for Care-- 10. Heart Disease--11. Cancer--12. Stroke: Prognosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation-- 13. Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases-- 14. Chronic Lung Disease and Lung Cancer-- 15. End-Stage Renal Disease and Discontinuation of Dialysis-- PART III: SYMPTOM DISTRESS IN OLDER PATIENTS:- 16. Pain--17. Dyspnea-- 18. Gastrointestinal Symptoms-- 19. Fatigue-- 20. Delirium, Anxiety and Depression-- PART IV: COMMUNICATION:- 21. Advance Care Planning for Frail, Older Persons-- 22. Doctor-Patient Communication-- 23. Decision Making for the Cognitively Impaired-- PART V: STRUCTURES OF CARE FOR THE CHRONICALLY ILL WITH PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS:- 24. Can We Make the Health-Care System Work?-- 25. Palliative Care in the Nursing Home-- 26. Family Caregivers: Burdens and Opportunities-- 27. Home Care for Frail Older Adults-- 28. Hospital-Based Palliative Care.
Summary: This text covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end of life for older adults. Its theme is that palliative care offers the best approach to this, primarily because of its focus on the centrality of the patient in determining the goals of medical care.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 616.0290846 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205660
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 616.0290846 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205659

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: OVERVIEW: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF OLD AGE AND FRAILTY; 1. Variability in End-of-Life Care in the United States--2. Developmental Challenges and Opportunities for Growth: The Inner Life at the End of Life--3. Assessing Quality of Life and Quality of Dying in the Elderly: Implications for Clinical Practice of Palliative Medicine-- 4. The Place of Love in the Care of Persons with Advanced Dementia--5. Artifical Nutrition and Hydration-- 6. Age, Rationing and Palliative Care-- 7. Ethical Aspects of Geriatric Palliative Care-- 8. Respecting Diversity-- PART II: DISEASE- AND SYNDROME-SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF PALLIATIVE CARE:- 9. Frailty and its Implications for Care-- 10. Heart Disease--11. Cancer--12. Stroke: Prognosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation-- 13. Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases-- 14. Chronic Lung Disease and Lung Cancer-- 15. End-Stage Renal Disease and Discontinuation of Dialysis-- PART III: SYMPTOM DISTRESS IN OLDER PATIENTS:- 16. Pain--17. Dyspnea-- 18. Gastrointestinal Symptoms-- 19. Fatigue-- 20. Delirium, Anxiety and Depression-- PART IV: COMMUNICATION:- 21. Advance Care Planning for Frail, Older Persons-- 22. Doctor-Patient Communication-- 23. Decision Making for the Cognitively Impaired-- PART V: STRUCTURES OF CARE FOR THE CHRONICALLY ILL WITH PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS:- 24. Can We Make the Health-Care System Work?-- 25. Palliative Care in the Nursing Home-- 26. Family Caregivers: Burdens and Opportunities-- 27. Home Care for Frail Older Adults-- 28. Hospital-Based Palliative Care.

This text covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end of life for older adults. Its theme is that palliative care offers the best approach to this, primarily because of its focus on the centrality of the patient in determining the goals of medical care.

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