Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children 3rd Edition

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children 3rd Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198821311,019882131X,9780192554543, 0192554549

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• ISBN 10: 0192554549
• ISBN 13: 9780192554543
• Author: Richard Hain, Ann Goldman, Adam Rapoport, Michelle Meiring

The importance of palliative care for children facing life threatening illness and their families is now widely acknowledged as an essential part of care, which should be available to all children and families, throughout the child’s illness and at the end of life. The new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children brings together the most up to date information, current knowledge, evidence, and developments of clinical practice in the field. The book is structured into four sections. ‘Foundations of Care’ describes core issues, the foundations on which paediatric palliative care is based. ‘Child and Family Care’ looks at different aspects of psychological, social, and cultural care for the sick child or young person, and their family. These chapters cover the time course of the illness, around the time of death and support for the bereaved family. ‘Symptom Care’ focuses on the uses of medication, specific symptoms, and their management. Finally, ‘Delivery of Care’ examines practical approaches to care in different environments and the needs of clinicians. Two new editors join the team from Canada and South Africa, reflecting our aims to contribute towards the development of care for children across the world, and to be a resource for both experienced clinicians and those new to the field. Comprehensive in scope, exhaustive in detail, and definitive in authority, this third edition has been thoroughly updated to cover new practices, current epidemiological data, and the evolving models that support the delivery of palliative medicine to children. This includes two new chapters, looking in detail at ‘Decision Making’ and ‘Perinatal Care’, and a new section highlighting the emerging importance of ‘Palliative Care for Children in Humanitarian Crises’. This book is an essential resource for anyone who works with children worldwide.

Table of contents:

1. Section I Foundations of care
2. 1. History and epidemiology
3. 2. Communication
4. 3. ‘Children are not small adults’—the distinctiveness of ethics in children
5. 4. Decision-making with children, young people, and parents
6. 5. Culture, spirituality, religion, and ritual
7. Section II Child and family care
8. 6. Assessment of the child and family
9. 7. Children’s views of death
10. 8. The psychological impact of life-limiting conditions on the child
11. 9. Adolescents and young adults
12. 10. Children expressing themselves
13. 11. Education and school
14. 12. Impact on the family
15. 13. Bereavement
16. Section III Symptom care
17. 14. Overview of symptoms and their assessment in life-limiting illness
18. 15. Using medication in children’s palliative care
19. 16. Introduction to pain
20. 17. Multimodal analgesia in paediatric palliative care
21. 18. Opioids and the World Health Organization pain ladder
22. 19. Difficult pain: Adjuvants or co-analgesics
23. 20. Integrative approach to pain and other symptoms
24. 21. Gastrointestinal and liver-related symptoms in paediatric palliative care
25. 22. Feeding, cachexia, and malnutrition in children’s palliative care
26. 23. Neurological and neuromuscular conditions and symptoms
27. 24. Depression, anxiety, and delirium
28. 25. Cardiorespiratory symptoms
29. 26. Skin symptoms
30. 27. Haematological symptoms
31. 28. Palliative care for children with communicable illnesses
32. Section IV Delivery of care
33. 29. Perinatal palliative care
34. 30. Intensive care units
35. 31. Planning care
36. 32. Care in the final hours and days
37. 33. Delivering care around the world
38. 34. Healthcare providers’ responses to the death of a child
39. 35. Teamwork
40. 36. Education
41. 37. Quality improvement in paediatric hospice and palliative care
42. 38. Research in children’s palliative care

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