Short description:

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview on palliative care for patients with hematologic malignancies and other serious blood disorders. The text reviews the unique needs of this patient population, management strategies for hematologists/oncologists and palliative care clinician collaboration, and issues salient to the provision of palliative care, including communication, decision-making, advance care planning, symptom management, ethics, and nursing considerations. The book also spotlights special hematology populations, such as pediatric and older adult patients, and issues pertaining to the care of patients with blood disorders at the end of life.

Written by experts in the field, Palliative Care for Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders: A Clinical Guide is a valuable resource that will support and guide clinicians as they care for this patient population and address their particular needs.

Long description:

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview on palliative care for patients with hematologic malignancies and other serious blood disorders. The text reviews the unique needs of this patient population, management strategies for hematologists/oncologists and palliative care clinician collaboration, and issues salient to the provision of palliative care, including communication, decision-making, advance care planning, symptom management, ethics, and nursing considerations. The book also spotlights special hematology populations, such as pediatric and older adult patients, and issues pertaining to the care of patients with blood disorders at the end of life.

Written by experts in the field, Palliative Care for Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders: A Clinical Guide is a valuable resource that will support and guide clinicians as they care for this patient population and address their particular needs.

Table of Contents:

Preface.- 1. Introduction.- SECTION 1: HEMATOLOGY.- 2. Hematologic Malignancies.- 3. Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.- 4. Serious Blood Disorders: A Focus on Sickle Cell Disease and Hemophilia.- 5. Cellular Therapies: A Description of the Types of Existing Cellular Therapies and Associated Toxicities.- SECTION II: PALLIATIVE CARE.- 6. Palliative Care Approach for Patients with Hematologic Malignancies and Other Serious Blood Disorders.- 7. Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care Collaboration.- 8. Palliative Care Integration in the Outpatient Setting.- SECTION III: ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE.- 9. Communication throughout the Illness Trajectory.- 10. Decision-Making Involvement throughout the Illness Trajectory.- 11. Advance Care Planning in Hematologic Malignancies and Other Serious Blood Disorders.- 12. Measuring Quality of Life and Health-Related Quality of Life.- 13. Pain Syndromes of Hematologic Malignancies.- 14. Symptoms in Advanced Hematologic Malignancies and Other SeriousHematologic Conditions.- 15. Rehabilitation Medicine.- 16. Psychosocial Considerations and Assessment of Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorder.- 17. Multicultural and Spiritual Considerations.- 18. Ethical Considerations in Palliative Care.- 19. State of the Science: Advancing the Field through Research in Palliative Hematologic Malignancy.- SECTION IV: SPECIAL POPULATIONS.- 20. Palliative Care for Special Populations: Pediatrics.- 21. Palliative Care for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs).- 22. Caregivers of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies.- SECTION V: CARE OF PATIENTS FACING END OF LIFE.- 23. End-of-Life Considerations.- 24. Care of the Imminently Dying Patient with a Hematologic Malignancy or Serious Blood Disorders.- 25. Bereavement in Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders.