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  title info:
    title: Handbook of supportive and palliative radiation oncology
  name:
    name part: Krishnan, Monica S.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Racsa, Margarita.
  name:
    name part: Yu, Hsiang-Hsuan Michael.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: Internet Resources.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: London, United Kingdom
    publisher: Academic Press
    date issued: ©2017
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (328 pages)
  abstract: Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology serves as a practical tool and rapid reference to assist radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care with common palliative care issues. Containing the most recent advances in translational palliative care research, each chapter is organized in a succinct fashion to discuss major symptom burdens, suggested assessment, and various management options. Each symptom and disease section is written to be a rapid, practical guide for clinicians on the floor. The book starts with general approaches in palliative radiation oncology that are followed by a section that focuses on common symptoms in palliative care and their management. The next section of the book is devoted to site and disease-specific evaluation, intervention, and management. This handbook provides general guidelines and management recommendations for common clinical vignettes encountered by palliative radiation oncology practitioners and supported by palliative radiation oncology research. Concise references are cited to support treatment recommendation. Provides a quick reference for the busy clinician Details standard of care resources for researchers of palliative and supportive care Contains updated standards of care for palliative medicine and a list of common medications and dosages Includes a comprehensive index by symptom and condition to facilitate quick reference.
  table of contents: Front Cover; Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Issues in Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology; 1 General Approach to Palliative Care and Palliative Radiation Oncology; Introduction; Life Expectancy and Prognostication; Religion and Spirituality; Relief of Pain and Suffering; Palliative Radiation Therapy; Efficacy of Palliative Radiation Therapy; Emerging Technologies; Radiation Therapy Planning and Delivery; Side Effects of Radiation Therapy; Guidelines and Quality Measures.
  table of contents: Bone Metastasis; End-of-Life Radiation Therapy; Conclusion; List of Abbreviations; References; 2 Communication; Introduction; ASK-TELL-ASK; Delivering Bad News: SPIKES; Responding With Empathy: NURSE; Discussing Prognosis: ADAPT; Conducting a Family Meeting/Goals of Care Discussion; FICA Spiritual History Tool; References; 3 Prognostication in Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy; Introduction; Importance of Prognostication; Physician Accuracy; What Patients Want to Hear; Prognostic Factors; Prognostic Models; Future Directions; References.
  table of contents: 4 Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Advance Care Planning, and Advance Directives; Background; Palliative Care; Definitions; Guidelines; Palliative Care Services; Interdisciplinary Team; Setting; Barriers; Outcomes; Hospice; Criteria for Enrollment in the Medicare Hospice Benefit; Hospice Services; Interdisciplinary Care Team; Setting; Reasons for Discharge; Barriers to Enrollment; Outcomes; Resources; Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives; Definitions; Advance care planning; Advance Directives; Utilization; **Why It Matters**; Effectiveness; Documents; Resources; References.
  table of contents: 5 Palliative Care Assessment; Introduction; References; II. Symptom Management for Palliative Radiation Oncology Practitioners; 6 Pain Management; Introduction; What Is Pain?; Common Pain Terminology; Pain Assessment; Patient Reported Outcomes; Management of Pain; Pharmacologic Management of Pain; Nonpharmacologic Management of Pain; Patient Case 1.1; Patient Case 1.2; Patient Case 1.3; Patient Case 1.4; Patient Case 1.5; Patient Case 1.6; Patient Case 1.7; Conclusion; Glossary; List of Abbreviations; References; 7 GI Symptoms: Radiation-Induced Adverse Effects.
  table of contents: Radiation-Induced Mucositis and Esophagitis; Definition/Diagnosis; Prevalence/Progression; Mucositis; Esophagitis; Treatment; Mucositis; Esophagitis; Radiation-Induced Diarrhea; Definition/Diagnosis; Presentation/Prevalence/Progression; Treatment; Radiation-Induced Constipation; Definition/Diagnosis; Presentation/Prevalence; Treatment; Radiation-Induced Nausea and Vomiting; Incidence; Risk Factors; Treatment; References; 8 Management of Dyspnea and Central Airway Obstruction in Patients With Malignancy; Introduction; Pathophysiology of Dyspnea; Evaluation of Dyspnea; Visual Analog Scale.
  note: Monica S. Krishnan, Margarita Racsa, Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Radiotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Palliative treatment
  subject:
    topic: Cancer
    topic: Radiotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Cancer
    topic: Palliative treatment
  subject:
    topic: Neoplasms
    topic: radiotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Radiotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Palliative Care
  subject:
    topic: Radiation Oncology
  subject:
    topic: Cancer
    topic: Radiothérapie
  subject:
    topic: Cancer
    topic: Traitement palliatif
  subject:
    topic: Radiothérapie
  subject:
    topic: Soins palliatifs
  subject:
    topic: MEDICAL
    topic: Pharmacology
  subject:
    topic: Cancer
    topic: Radiotherapy
  subject:
    topic: Cancer
    topic: Palliative treatment
  subject:
    topic: Palliative treatment
  subject:
    topic: Radiotherapy
  classification: RM847
  classification: 615.8/42
  classification: 2017 D-112
  classification: QZ 269
  related item:
    identifier: (OCoLC)959034751
  identifier: 0128035617
  identifier: 9780128035610
  identifier: 0128035234
  identifier: 9780128035238
  identifier: 984052 MIL
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  record info:
    record content source: IDEBK
    record creation date: 161230
    record change date: 20260327151436.5
    record identifier: in00005761525
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng