Textbook of Palliative Medicine by Bruera, Eduardo; Higginson, Irene; von Gunten, Charles F.;

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With an evidence-based, multi-professional approach and global perspective, Textbook of Palliative Medicine is an essential guide to modern palliative care practice.

Hosszú leírás:

Textbook of Palliative Medicine provides an alternative, truly international approach to this rapidly growing specialty. This textbook fills a niche with its evidence-based, multi-professional approach and global perspective ensured by the international team of editors and contributing authors. In the absence of an international curriculum for the study of palliative medicine, this textbook provides essential guidance for those both embarking upon a career in palliative medicine or already established in the field, and the structure and content have been constructed very much with this in mind.

With an emphasis on providing a service anywhere in the world, including the important issue of palliative care in the developing nations, Textbook of Palliative Medicine offers a genuine alternative to the narrative approach of its competitors, and is an ideal complement to them. It is essential reading for all palliative care physicians in training and in practice, as well as palliative care nurses and other health professionals in the palliative care team

"useful and easy to read ... This book is refreshingly different. The highly experienced editors have brought together over 150 authors, largely from North America and Western Europe, to produce a remarkably cohesive text ... I would definitely recommend this textbook as an addition to any library, although it is a significant investment."
?Dr Fiona Hicks, Palliative Medicine

"To a large degree, this internationally authored, comprehensive, 1100-page book has done and admirable job of reflecting the depth and complexity of the field. More than most medical textbooks, the Textbook of Palliative Medicine deal with organizational, educational, and research topics ... Palliative medicine specialists will find this to be a superb reference material for the provision of compassionate care for patients with serious illness and their families. Every medical school and hospice should have a copy of this book."
?Journal of the American Medical Association

Textbook of Palliative Medicine provides an alternative, truly international approach to this rapidly growing specialty. This textbook fills a niche with its evidence-based, multi-professional approach and global perspective ensured by the international team of editors and contributing authors. In the absence of an international curriculum for the study of palliative medicine, this textbook provides essential guidance for those both embarking upon a career in palliative medicine or already established in the field, and the structure and content have been constructed very much with this in mind.

With an emphasis on providing a service anywhere in the world, including the important issue of palliative care in the developing nations, Textbook of Palliative Medicine offers a genuine alternative to the narrative approach of its competitors, and is an ideal complement to them. It is essential reading for all palliative care physicians in training and in practice, as well as palliative care nurses and other health professionals in the palliative care team

Tartalomjegyzék:

PART 1
The development of palliative medicine in: the UK and Ireland
Europe
Canada
the USA
Latin America
Africa
Australia and New Zealand
Asia
Palliative care versus palliative medicine
Palliative care as a public heath issue
The future of palliative medicine
PART 2
Principles of bioethics
Ethics
Dignity
PART 3
Dying in different cultures
Palliative care global initiatives
PART 4
Undergraduate
Graduate
Postgraduate and continuing education
Public education
PART 5
Challenges of research
The patient population
Research designs
Outcomes
Ethics in research
Practical tips for successful research
Audit and quality improvement
PART 6
Standards of care
The engineering of organizational change
Financial issues in the delivery of palliative care
Organization and support of the multiprofessional / interdisciplinary team
Needs assessment for patient care
The palliative care consult team
Models for palliative care delivery
Home care
Day hospitals
Inpatient hospices
The palliative care unit
Combined care models
PART 7
Patient assessment
Tools for pain and symptom assessment
Quality of life assessment
PART 8
The pathophysiology of chronic pain
Causes & mechanisms of pain
Opioid analgesics
The assessment and management of opioid side effects
Adjuvant analgesic drugs
Alternative routes for systemic opiod delivery
Epidural & intrathecal administration
Topical administration of analgesics
Non-pharmacological and non-invasive management of pain
Pain in children
Pain in the elderly
Neuropathic pain
Bone pain
Incidental pain
Somatization and pain expression
Pain in patients with alcohol and drug dependence
PART 9
Pathophysiology of anorexia-cachexia
Nutritional and phamacological management of cachexia
Nausea/vomiting
Constipation/diarrhea
Ascites
Jaundice
Bowel obstruction
The endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal symptoms
PART 10
The pathophysiology of fatigue
Assessment of fatigue
The role of physical function on fatigue
The treatment of fatigue
PART 11
Dyspnea
Other respiratory symptoms
PART 12
Depression/anxiety
Confusion/delirium
Sleeping disorders
Counseling
Hope
PART 13
Dehydration and re-hydration
Fever and sweating
Pruritus
Infections
Pressure ulcers and wounds
Mouth care
Fistulas
The assessment and management of lymphedema
PART 14
Hypercalcemia
Hemorrhage
Spinal cord compression
Superior venacava syndrome
Seizures
Acute pain syndromes
Suicide
PART 15
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Integrative and alternative medicine
AIDS
Neurological diseases
Congestive heart failure & other causes of terminal heart disease
Palliative care in children
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease & other terminal respiratory conditions
Other infectious diseases
Practical aspects of palliative care delivery in the developing world
Prognostic indicators of survival
Palliative sedation
PART 16
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy
Stress & burnout in health care givers
Communication in palliative care
Spiritual care
Family care
Advanced directives
Bereavement
Children of palliative care patients