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Palliative medicine : a case-based manual.

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Using a series of cases to illustrate salient points this manual matches the cases with curricular objectives effectively conveying to the student understanding of palliative medicine at undergraduate level.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: MacDonald, Neil, 1935-, Oneschuk, Doreen, Hagen, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:3rd ed. /
Subjects:
Palliative treatment.
Advance directives (Medical care)
Living wills.
Palliative Care
Advance Care Planning
Pain Management
Living Wills
Advance Directives
Soins palliatifs.
Testament biologique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Living wills
Palliative treatment
Electronic books.
Case Reports
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Communication. Communication in advanced illness / Raimundo Correa, Julia Ridley and Camilla Zimmermann
  • Interprofessional Care. Interprofessional collaborative practice in palliative care / Pippa Hall, Maryse Bouvette, Kirsten Heillman-Stille and Lynda Weaver.
  • Pain. Pain assessment and management / Gail Saiger ; Bone pain / Sharon Watanabe and Yoko Tarumi ; Neuropathic pain / Dwight Moulin ; Methadone and other novel treatments for pain / Neil Hagen.
  • Anorexia-cachexia-rehabilitation-fatigue. Anorexia-cachexia / Neil MacDonald ; Cancer rehabilitation and fatigue / Ravi Bhargava and Martin Chasen.
  • Respiratory problems. Dyspnea / Ingrid Harle and Deborah Dudgeon.
  • Mouth care. Mouth care / Dominique Dion, Bernard Lapointe, and Martin T. Tyler.
  • Gastrointestinal problems. Nausea and vomiting / Ingrid de Kock ; Constipation / Paul Daeninck and Tim Hiebert ; Malignant bowel obstruction / S. Lawrence Librach, A. Nina Horvath and E. Anne Langlois.
  • Ethical issues. An approach to ethical issues / Eugene Bereza.
  • Psychosocial and spiritual issues. Suffering in patients and families / Genevieve Thompson and Harvey Chochinov ; Anxiety and depression / Madeline Li and Gary Rodin ; Spiritual care / Shane Sinclair.
  • Sleep. Sleep / Bernard Lapointe.
  • Palliative care in non-malignant disorders. Cardiac disease / Romayne Gallagher and Gil Kimel ; End-stage renal disease / Sara Davison ; Neurological disorders ; Wendy Johnston and Jessica Simon ; HIV/AIDS / Martin LaBrie.
  • Paediatric palliative care. When palliative care involves children: critical conversations and pain and symptom highlights / Gerri Frager and Kim Blake.
  • Lymphoedema. Lymphoedema / Anna Towers.
  • Wounds in advanced illness. Wounds in advanced illness / Vincent Maida.
  • Genitourinary symptoms. Genitourinary symptoms / Pippa Hawley.
  • Delirium. Delirium / Shirley H. Bush, Bruno Gagnon and Peter G. Lawlor.
  • Palliative sedation. Palliative sedation / Jose Pereira, Valerie Gratton and Michel Beauverd.
  • Palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU. Palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) / Valerie Schulz.
  • Complementary and alternative therapies in cancer/Integrative oncology. Complementary and alternative therapies in cancer/Integrative oncology / Susan MacDonald and Doreen Oneschuk.
  • The last days. The last days / David Henderson and Paul McIntyre.