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Title Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology / editors, Ann M. Berger, John L. Shuster, Jr., Jamie Von Roenn.

Imprint Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2013.

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Edition 4th ed.
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 942 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr 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.
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 Print version record.
Summary Unlike other textbooks on this subject, which are more focused on end of life, this book focuses on supportive oncology. It offers reviews of research and clinical care best practices, as well as practical clinical applications.
Subject Cancer -- Palliative treatment.
Cancer -- Complications -- Treatment.
Cancer pain -- Treatment.
Neoplasms -- therapy
Neoplasms -- complications
Pain Management -- methods
Palliative Care -- methods
Cancer -- Traitement palliatif.
Cancer -- Complications et séquelles -- Traitement.
Douleur néoplastique -- Traitement.
Douleur néoplasique -- Traitement.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Cancer -- Complications -- Treatment
Cancer pain -- Treatment
Cancer -- Palliative treatment
Genre/Form Internet Resources.
Added Author Berger, Ann (Ann M.)
Shuster, John L.
Von Roenn, Jamie H.
Other Form: Print version: Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2013 9781451121278 145112127X (DLC) 2012028570
ISBN 9781469874746 (electronic bk.)
1469874741 (electronic bk.)
9781469822518
1469822512
9781451121278 (hardback ; alk. paper)
145112127X (hardback ; alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000058065431
AU@ 000062428161
DEBBG BV044057401

 
    
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