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9781930513280

Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care

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  • ISBN13:

    9781930513280

  • ISBN10:

    1930513283

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-08-01
  • Publisher: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

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Developed by the American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel. Text divided into three sections focuses on practical information in the form of illustrative cases. Topics include communications, relationship building, and the goals of palliative care; evidence-based approaches to pain; and more. Soft.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
Timothy E. Quill
Lois Snyder
SECTION I THE INTERVIEW AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Discussing Palliative Care with Patients
3(16)
Bernard Lo
Timothy E. Quill
James Tulsky
A Consensus-Based Approach to Practicing Palliative Care for Patients Who Lack Decision-Making Capacity
19(16)
Jason H. T. Karlawish
Timothy E. Quill
Diane E. Meier
Respecting Cultural Differences at the End of Life
35(21)
LaVera M. Crawley
Patricia A. Marshall
Barbara A. Koenig
Beyond Symptom Management: Physician Roles and Responsibility in Palliative Care
56(19)
Ira R. Byock
Arthur Caplan
Lois Snyder
SECTION II PAIN, DEPRESSION, DELIRIUM, AND INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS
Management of Pain and Spinal Cord Compression in Patients with Advanced Cancer
75(26)
Janet L. Abrahm
Assessing and Managing Depression in the Terminally III Patient
101(23)
Susan D. Block
Diagnosis and Management of Delirium Near the End of Life
124(15)
David J. Casarett
Sharon K. Inouye
Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: Forgoing Treatment and Maintaining Care
139(20)
Kathy Faber-Langendoen
Paul N. Lanken
Responding to Intractable Suffering: The Role of Terminal Sedation and Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids
159(19)
Timothy E. Quill
Ira R. Byock
Life After Death: A Practical Approach to Grief and Bereavement
178(19)
David J. Casarett
Jean S. Kutner
Janet L. Abrahm
SECTION III LEGAL, FINANCIAL, AND QUALITY ISSUES
Legal Barriers to End-of-Life Care: Myths, Realities, and Grains of Truth
197(17)
Alan Meisel
Lois Snyder
Timothy E. Quill
Financing Care for Those Coming to the End of Life
214(20)
Joanne Lynn
Anne Wilkinson
Lynn Etheredge
Reforming Care for Those Near the End of Life: The Promise of Quality Improvement
234(19)
Joanne Lynn
Kevin Nolan
Andrea Kabcenell
David Weissman
Kathleen Casey Milne
Donald M. Berwick
Index 253

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