Supportive Care For The Urology Patient

by Norman, Richard W.; Currow, David

• ISBN13: 9780198529415
• ISBN10: 0198529414
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book provides a practical, evidence-based overview of the supportive care of patients with urological failure, covering issues such as quality of life measurements, the role of the multidisciplinary team, and psychological and social support for patients, families and carers. The bookfocuses on chronic symptoms such as chronic prostatitis. It begins by looking at quality of life measurements, self-help strategies, the role of the interdisciplinary team, and psychological and social support. It then moves on to clinical chapters which cover issues such as patients who present with hematuria, urinary retention, urinary incontinence,neurological disease affecting the urinary tract, chronic prostatitis, and infertility; ending with a chapter on supportive care for the urology patient and family in the future. The book places a special emphasis on symptomatic interventions, particularly in the setting where the course of theillness cannot be modified.

Author Biography

David Currow is Editor in Chief of the leading journal, Progress in Palliative Care

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Introduction to supportive care issues for the urology patient	1	(4)
Richard W Norman
Quality of life measurements	5	(19)
Robert A Cummins
Anna L D Lau
Self-help strategies	24	(19)
Rodney H Breau
Role of the interdisciplinary team in urological supportive care	43	(12)
Reena Karani
Diane E Meier
Psychological and spiritual support	55	(22)
Aru Narayanasamy
The patient and family	77	(15)
Lorna Butler
The bioinformatics of integrative medicine in urology	92	(16)
Ernest Lawrence Rossi
The patient presenting with haematuria	108	(15)
Kamal Mattar
Darrel E Drachenberg
The patient presenting with urinary retention	123	(23)
Nicholas J Hegarty
Ciaran F Healy
John M Fitzpatrick
The patient presenting with urinary incontinence	146	(17)
Hugh Flood
Jane MacDonald
The patient presenting with neurological disease affecting the urinary tract	163	(17)
Scott MacDiarmid
The patient presenting with sexual dysfunction	180	(21)
Carin V Hopps
John P Mulhall
The patient presenting with androgen deficiency	201	(16)
Alvaro Morales
The patient presenting with requirements for a urinary diversion or reservoir	217	(10)
Zbigniew Wolski
The patient presenting with recalcitrant urinary tract infections	227	(18)
Lindsay E Nicolle
The patient presenting with chronic prostatitis	245	(18)
Ashley McLellan
Peter A M Anderson
The patient presenting with genitourinary AIDS	263	(18)
Paul Toren
Wendy Wobeser
The patient presenting with painful bladder syndrome	281	(25)
Jerzy B Gajewski
Supportive care for the renal transplant patient	306	(23)
David Nicol
Catherine Martin
The patient presenting with a genitourinary prosthesis	329	(21)
Gregory G Bailly
The patient presenting with benign genitourinary pain	350	(19)
Allan B Patrick
The patient presenting with malignant genitourinary pain	369	(17)
Florian Heid
Jurgen Jage
Evaluation and treatment of the infertile male	386	(18)
M A Fischer
The patient presenting with an overactive adrenal gland	404	(18)
Franco Mantero
Nora Albiger
The patient presenting with frequently recurring urinary tract calculi	422	(21)
Hans-Goran Tiselius
The patient presenting with ureteric obstruction	443	(6)
Villus Marshall
Supportive care for the urology patient and family in the future	449	(16)
David C Currow
Index	465