Textbook of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care

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This new edition provides the essential clinical guidance both for those embarking upon a career in palliative medicine and for those already established in the field. A team of international experts here distil what every practitioner needs to know into a practical and reliable resource. Cover Title Page Copyright Page CONTENTS List of contributors 1. The development of hospice and palliative care 2. Palliative care as a public health issue 3. Palliative care as a primary care issue 4. The future of palliative medicine 5. Palliative care and supportive care 6. Ethics in the practice of palliative care 7. Undergraduate education in palliative medicine 8. Graduate education for nonspecialists 9. Challenges of research in palliative and supportive medicine 10. The population: Who are the subjects in palliative medicine research? 11. Study designs in palliative medicine 12. Outcome measurement in palliative care 13. Ethics in palliative care research 14. Adoption of palliative care: The engineering of organizational change 15. Principles of measuring the financial outcomes of specialist palliative care programs 16. Population-based needs assessment for patients and those important to them, such as families 17. Models of palliative care delivery 18. Home palliative care 19. Palliative care unit 20. Multidimensional patient assessment 21. Tools for pain and symptom assessment 22. Quality of life assessment in palliative care 23. Pathophysiology of chronic pain 24. Causes and mechanisms of pain in palliative care patients 25. Opioid analgesics 26. Assessment and management of opioid side effects 27. Adjuvant analgesic medications 28. Alternative routes for systemic opioid delivery 29. Interventional pain procedures in palliative care 30. Pain management in pediatrics 31. Pain in the older adult 32. Neuropathic pain 33. Bone cancer pain and skeletal complications 34. Breakthrough (episodic) pain in cancer patients 35. Somatic symptoms, symptom clusters, and symptom burden 36. Pain in patients with alcohol and drug dependence 37. Cachexia–anorexia syndrome 38. Nausea/vomiting 39. Constipation 40. Jaundice 41. Malignant bowel obstruction 42. Endoscopic treatment of digestive symptoms 43. Mechanism, assessment, and management of fatigue 44. Breathlessness 45. Other respiratory symptoms (cough, hiccup, and secretions) 46. Depression/anxiety 47. Delirium 48. Sleep disturbances in advanced cancer patients 49. Counseling in palliative care 50. Hope in end-of-life care 51. Dehydration and rehydration 52. Fever, sweats, and hot flashes 53. Pruritus 54. Infections in palliative care 55. Pediatric palliative wound care: The unique anatomy and physiology of neonatal skin 56 Mouth care 57. Fistulas 58. Assessment and management of lymphedema 59. Hypercalcemia 60. Hemorrhage 61. Spinal cord compression 62. Clinical features and management of superior vena cava syndrome 63. Acute pain and management 64. Suicide 65. Cancer: Radiotherapy 66. Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted agents, and immunotherapy 67. Integrative medicine in supportive and palliative care 68. Neurological diseases 69. End-stage congestive heart failure 70. Geriatric palliative care 71. Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 72. Other infectious diseases: Malaria, rabies, tuberculosis 73. Practical resources for palliative care development in countries with limited resources: An IAHPC perspective 74. Prognostic indicators of survival 75. Palliative sedation 76. Staff stress and burnout in palliative care 77. Spiritual care 78. Family caregivers and cultural sensitivity 79. Bereavement 80. Children of palliative care patients 81. Neutropenic fever 82. Side effects of radiation therapy 83. Cardiac and pulmonary toxicities of treatments 84. Oral complications of cancer therapies 85. Dermatologic side effects 86. Peripheral neuropathy and neurotoxicity 87. Sex and sexuality 88. Managing communication challenges with patients and families 89. Supportive and palliative care for patients with HIV infection 90. Implantable cardiac devices 91. Supportive care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease 92. Palliative care in the emergency department 93. Optimal Symptom Management in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 94. The end of therapy: Building the psychosocial and spiritual bridges to survivorship 95. Rehabilitation in the acute and chronic care setting 96. Long-term cognitive function 97. Gonadal functions and reproductive health 98. Pulmonary rehabilitation Index