End of life care : a practical guide.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2011.Edition: 2nd ed. / editors, Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Joel S. PoliczerDescription: xxii, 858 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780071545273 (pbk.) :
- 9780071545273 (alk. paper)
- 20 common problems in end-of-life care.
- 362.175 KIN
- R726.8 .A15 2011
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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.
'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.