Main description:

The Oxford American Handbook of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care is an easily-navigable source of information about the day-to-day management of patients requiring palliative and hospice care. The table of contents follows the core curriculum of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, thus meeting the educational and clinical information needs of students, residents, fellows, and nurse practitioners. Succinct,
evidence-based, topically-focused content is supplemented by extensive tables, algorithms, and clinical pearls. This edition includes new sections on grief and bereavement, medical marijuana, and physician assisted suicide, and has been updated throughout to incorporate National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative
Care Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Contents:

1. Definitions and Key Elements In Palliative and Supportive Care
2. Symptom Assessment
3. Clinical Decision Making
4. Pain Assessment and Management
5. Fatigue
6. Cachexia
7. Dehydration
8. Anxiety and Depression
9. Sleep Disturbance
10. Chronic Nausea and Vomiting
11. Constipation and Bowel Obstruction
12. Delirium
13. Clinical Issues Related to Palliative Sedation
14. Breathlessness
15. Emergencies in Palliative Care
16. Other Symptoms: Xerostomia, Hiccups, Pruritis, Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care, Lymphedema, and Myoclonus
17. Management of Cancer Treatment-Related Adverse Effects
18. Radiotherapy and Palliative Care
19. Hospice approach to Palliative Care
20. Psychosocial and Cultural Consideration in Palliative Care
21. Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care
22. The Palliative Care Team
23. Family Conference: Role in Palliative Care
24. Ethical Aspects of Palliative Medicine
25. Prognostication in Palliative Care
26. Frequent Pharmalogical Interactions in Palliative Care
27. Pediatric Palliative Care
28. Palliative Care in Older Adults
29. Palliative Care in End-Stage Heart Failure
30. Palliative Care in End-Stage Liver Disease
31. Renal Palliative Care
32. Palliative Care in Patients with AIDS
33. Palliative Care in End-Stage Neurological Disease
34. Palliative Care in End-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
35. Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
36. Research in Terminally Ill Patients
37. Prevention and Management, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Health Care Providers