| Description |
xxx, 430 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Variability in end-of-life care in the United States -- Developmental challenges and opportunities for the "Growth" : the inner life at the end of life -- Assessing quality of life and quality of dying in the elderly : implications for clinical practice of palliative medicine -- The place of love in the care of persons with advanced dementia -- Artificial nutrition and hydration -- Age, rationing, and palliative care -- Ethical aspects of geriatric palliative care -- Respecting diversity -- Frailty and its implications for care -- Heart disease -- Cancer -- Stroke : prognosis, treatment, and rehabilitation -- Dementia and neurodegenerative diseases -- Chronic lung disease and lung cancer -- End-stage renal disease and discontinuation of dialysis -- Pain -- Dyspnea -- Gastrointestinal symptoms -- Fatigue -- Delirium, anxiety, and depression -- Advance care planning for frail, older persons -- Doctor-patient communication -- Decision making for the cognitively impaired -- Can we make the health-care system work? -- Palliative care in the nursing home -- Family caregivers : burdens and opportunities -- Home car for frail, older adults -- Hospital-based palliative care. |
| Subject |
Palliative treatment.
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Terminal care.
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Older people -- Care.
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Geriatrics.
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| Added Author |
Morrison, R. Sean (Rolfe Sean)
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Meier, Diane E.
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Capello, Carol.
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| ISBN |
0195141911 (alk. paper) |
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