Palliative Care Consultations in Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumours

by Booth, Sara; Bruera, Eduardo; Oliver, David

• ISBN13: 9780198528074
• ISBN10: 0198528078
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is the third book in a new international, multi-contributed series aimed at providing practical, clinical guidance on how to deal with difficult symptoms related to specific cancer sites. There are few more distressing problems for patients and families than the development of a primaryor secondary brain tumour. Treatment is often palliative, though intensive, from the start. Little firm evidence exists to guide the physician in caring for patients with seizures refractory to standard treatment. Most of the work is based on case reports or personal experience. This book drawsthe information together in an easily accessible form so that the book can be read and referred to on the ward, or before a domiciliary visit. Specialists in palliative care and oncology settings, working in the acute sector and in hospices, will find this book invaluable. It will also appeal to consultants as well as specialist registrars, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners in palliative care, oncology and neurology.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
Management of primary brain tumours	p. 1
Management of patients with brain metastasis	p. 31
The prevention and treatment of seizures in intra-cranial malignancy	p. 49
The palliative management of raised intra-cranial pressure	p. 61
Neuropsychological complications in patients with brain tumours	p. 83
Family care whilst the patient is attending the oncology centre	p. 93
Acquired communication and swallowing difficulties in patients with primary brain tumours	p. 117
Nutritional problems in patients with primary cerebral malignancies	p. 135
The last days of life	p. 147
Index	p. 163
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