Handbook of Palliative Care,Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Christina Faull, Yvonne H Carter, Lilian Daniels

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 503
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This handbook is a practical and comprehensive introduction to the field of palliative medicine. It provides clear insight into many of the complex issues that arise in the delivery of palliative care and will be an invaluable resource to all disciplines involved in palliative care in hospital, hospice and community settings.1st Edition was the WINNER of the 1999 BMA Medical Book of the Year PrizeWhy you should buy this bookComprehensive and authoritative text with a very practical and thorough approach Written by competent experts in the areas of their contributions New sections on heart failure, respiratory failure and end-stage renal failure Coverage of medicine management and complementary medicine in palliative care Discusses important areas of audit and ethical issues in palliative medicine“The second edition responds to evaluative comments on the first edition in strengthening its multidisciplinary focus and providing a broader professional approach through both the editorial team and contributors. It aims, as before, to embrace practical issues as well as to provide an evidence-based and empirical approach...”From the Preface

✦ Table of Contents

Handbook of Palliative Care,Second Edition......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
List of Contributors......Page 5
Foreword......Page 8
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations List......Page 13
1: The Context and Principles of Palliative Care......Page 15
2: Teamworking for Effective Palliative Care......Page 36
3: Rights, Needs and Social Exclusion at the End of Life......Page 57
4: User Voices in Palliative Care......Page 75
5: Ethical Issues in Palliative Care......Page 89
6: Communication Skills in Palliative Care......Page 100
7: Adapting to Death, Dying and Bereavement......Page 112
8: The Principles of Pain Management......Page 130
9: The Management of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Advanced Liver Disease......Page 164
10: The Management of Respiratory Symptoms......Page 199
11: Managing Complications of Cancer......Page 222
12: The Management of People with Advanced Head and Neck Cancers......Page 254
13: Palliative Care for People with Progressive Neurological Disorders......Page 270
14: Palliative Care for People with HIV Infection and AIDS......Page 287
15: Palliative Care for Children......Page 309
16: Palliative Care for Adolescents and Young Adults......Page 331
17: Palliative Care in Advanced Heart Disease......Page 345
18: Palliative Care in Renal Disease......Page 359
19: Management of Lymphoedema......Page 371
20: Pressure Area Care and the Management of Fungating Wounds......Page 383
21: Terminal Care and Dying......Page 394
22: Medicines Management in Palliative Care......Page 423
23: Complementary Approaches to Palliative Care......Page 451
Resources/Useful Addresses......Page 476
Index......Page 484