| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (960 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Difficult pain syndromes: neuropathic pain, bone pain, and visceral pain -- Opioid pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacologic management of pain -- Interventional approaches to pain -- Pathology of bone metastases-implications for treatment -- Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Fever and sweats -- Hot flashes -- Anorexia/weight loss -- Dysphagia/speech rehabilitation in palliative care -- Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting and treatment-related nausea and vomiting -- Assessment of management of chronic nausea and vomiting -- Diarrhea, malabsorption, and constipation -- Bowel obstruction -- Diagnosis and management of effusions -- Hiccups and other gastrointestinal symptoms -- Biology of treatment-induced mucositis -- Oral manifestations and complications of cancer therapy -- Approach to liver metastases in palliative oncology -- Palliative endoscope procedures -- Palliative interventional radiologic procedures -- Pruritus -- Treatment of tumor-related skin disorders -- Dermatologic adverse events during treatment -- Management of pressure ulcers and fungating wounds -- Lymphedema -- Principles of fistula and stoma management -- Dyspnea in the cancer patient -- Hemoptysis, airway obstruction, bronchospasm, cough, and pulmonary complications/symptoms of cancer and its treatment -- Prevention, assessment, and management of treatment-induced cardiac disease in cancer patients -- Management of hypercoagulable states and coagulopathy -- Urologic issues in palliative care -- Impact of hepatic and renal dysfunction on pharmacology of palliative care drugs -- Hypercalcemia -- Metabolic disorders in the cancer patient -- Infectious complications/management -- |
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Management of intracranial metastases -- Management of spinal cord and cauda equina compression -- Recognizing and managing delirium -- Treating depression at the end of life -- Anxiety -- Cognitive decline following cancer treatment -- Substance-abuse issues in palliative care -- Epidemiology and prognostication in advanced cancer -- Hospice -- Cultural issues -- Communication during transitions of care -- The family meetings -- Psychosocial consequences of advanced cancer -- Disorders of sexuality and reproduction -- Caregiving in the home -- Management of symptoms in the actively dying patient -- Spirituality -- Bereavement care -- Staff stress and burnout -- Advance directives, decision making, and withholding and withdrawing treatment -- Palliative care: ethics and the law -- Hematologic support of the cancer patient -- Issues in nutrition and hydration -- Complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies in oncology -- Geriatric palliative care -- Palliative care in pediatrics -- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and supportive care -- Long-term survivorship: late effects -- Survivorship issues in adults -- Outcomes assessment in palliative care -- Measurement of quality of life outcomes -- Research issues: ethics and study design. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Palliative treatment.
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Cancer -- Complications -- Treatment.
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Cancer pain -- Treatment.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Berger, Ann (Ann M.)
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Shuster, John L.
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Von Roenn, Jamie H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2013] xvii, 942 pages ; 29 cm 9781451121278 (DNLM)101588237 (DLC)10823466 |
| ISBN |
9781451121278 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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145112127X (hardback : alk. paper) |
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