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9780198508977

Oxford Handbook Of Palliative Care

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198508977

  • ISBN10:

    0198508972

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-05-19
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care covers all aspects of palliative care in a concise and succinct format suited to busy professionals who need to access key information in their daily care of patients. This practical guide covers briefly the historical and epidemiological background ofpalliative care, and the growth of palliative medicine as a specialty, before dealing with major physical, psychological and spiritual, and symptom management issues from diagnosis to bereavement care. In addition to the adult chapters, the handbook includes an extensive paediatric section. The oncology section outlines the treatment regimes of the common cancers and details the chemotherapeutic agents, including their side effects. The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care will prove invaluable forspecialist doctors, nurses and professionals allied to medicine who are involved in the day-to-day care of adults, children and families with palliative care needs.

Table of Contents

History of palliative medicine as a specialty
Ethical issues
Breaking bad news
Research in palliative medicine
Patient evaluation and outcome measures
The principles of drug use in palliative medicine
Oncology and palliative care
Symptom management
The management of pain
Gastro-intestinal symptoms
Cachexia, anorexia and fatigue
Sweating and fever
Respiratory symptoms
Skin problems in palliative care
Genito-urinary problems
Palliation of head and neck cancer
Endocrine and metabolic complications of advanced cancer
Complications of advanced cancer
Neurological problems in advanced cancer
Sleep disorders
Haematological aspects
Psychiatric symptoms in palliative medicine
Paediatric palliative care
Palliative care in non-malignant disease
AIDS in adults
Palliative care in non-malignant respiratory disease
Palliative care in heart failure
Palliative care in non-malignant neurological disease
Palliation in the care of the elderly
Spiritual care
The contribution to palliative care by associated health professionals
Complementary therapies in palliative care
Palliative care in the home
The terminal phase
Bereavement
Emergencies in palliative care
Miscellaneous
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