Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual 4th Edition

Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual, 4th Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198837008,0198837003,9780192573902, 019257390X

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 019257390X
• ISBN 13:9780192573902
• Author:Susan MacDonald, Leonie M. Herx and Anne B. Boyle
  

Palliative medicine is the medical care provided for people who have a life limiting illness or condition. It encompasses both the physical symptoms a person may experience but also the psychosocial, emotional, and ethical issues that may arise. Now in its fourth edition, Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual walks clinicians through the management of the most common situations found in palliative medicine, from diagnosis and managing symptoms through to grief and bereavement. Using real patient case scenarios and an easy-to-read question and answer format, it gives students and medical professionals an accessible, evidence-based entryway to gain the skills and knowledge needed to provide high quality palliative and end of life care to patients and their families. This new edition has been fully updated to cover the latest guidance, including new chapters dedicated to medical cannabis, opioids, grief and bereavement, and wider issues including palliative care in the community, structurally vulnerable populations, and public health. Written by over 50 experienced palliative care clinicians and educators, this book will be a welcome guide for palliative care workers, medical and nursing students, and medical professionals of any specialty where palliative needs might arise.

Table contents:

1 Advance care planning and goals of care discussions
2 Opioids overview
3 Somatic pain
4 Visceral pain
5 Neuropathic pain
6 Dyspnoea and lung disease
7 Nausea and vomiting
8 Constipation
9 Malignant bowel obstruction
10 Anorexia–cachexia
11 Cancer fatigue
12 Delirium
13 Anxiety and depression
14 Grief and bereavement
15 Wounds in advanced illness
16 Urological symptoms and complications in palliative care
17 Mouth care
18 Lymphoedema
19 The last days and hours
20 Continuous palliative sedation therapy
21 Radiation therapy: advancing technologies
22 Chemotherapy
23 Palliative care in heart failure
24 Neurological disorders
25 Renal failure
26 Cirrhosis and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
27 Palliative care in the community
28 Palliative care in the intensive care unit
29 Paediatric palliative care
30 Palliative care for structurally vulnerable populations
31 Methadone
32 Medical cannabis
33 Interventional analgesic techniques
34 Useful apps and websites
35 Response to suffering
36 Public health palliative care

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