Main description:

The second edition of this book brings together the knowledge, skills and attitudes of specialists in both respiratory and palliative medicine to focus on the palliative care of patients with respiratory diseases. It deals not only with end of life care but also with symptom control and supportive care to improve the quality of life of those living their lives with advanced progressive lung disease.

Integrated Palliative Care of Respiratory Disease builds on the previous edition introducing new models of care for patients with advanced lung disease. These models emphasize the introduction of palliative and supportive care at an earlier stage in the disease, and running disease-modifying and palliative treatments in parallel. There is a new chapter on the role of palliative care in lung transplantation'. The book highlights significant new research into key respiratory diseases and some on-going controversies about issues such as best models of care for different diseases and advance care planning.

This book is an invaluable reference for doctors, trainees and clinical nurse specialists in respiratory and palliative medicine, and is of interest to anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of the complex nature of palliative care in respiratory disease.

Contents:

Ch. 1: Palliative Care of Respiratory Disease

Stephen J. Bourke, E. Timothy Peel

Ch. 2: Breathlessness

E. Timothy Peel, Graham P. Burns

Ch. 3: Haemoptysis

Bernard Higgins

Ch. 4: Cough and Respiratory Secretions

Stephen J. Bourke

Ch. 5: Pain in Respiratory Disease

Eleanor Grogan

Ch. 6: Lung Cancer

Bernard Higgins, E. Timothy Peel

Ch. 7: Pleural Effusions and Mesothelioma

Chris Stenton, E. Timothy Peel

Ch. 8: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Graham P. Burns, Rachel Quibell

Ch. 9: Interstitial Lung Disease

Ian A. Forrest, E. Timothy Peel

Ch. 10: Cystic Fibrosis

Stephen J. Bourke, Rachel Quibell

Ch. 11: Respiratory Care in Neuromuscular Disease

Stephen C. Bourke, Catherine O'Neill

Ch. 12: Pulmonary Hypertension

Sarah Woolcock et al

Ch. 13: Lung Transplantation

Maria Mckenna and Stephen Clark

Ch. 14: Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit

Alistair D. Gascoigne, Stephen J. Bourke

Ch. 15: End of Life Care

Paul Paes, Eleanor Grogan