Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Pulmonary -- Cardiovascular -- Nephrology and metabolic abnormalities -- Gastrointestinal -- Hematological disorders -- Infections -- Endocrine -- Rheumatology -- Neuro-psychiatric. |
Summary |
"Patients with advanced cancer may develop a number of clinical complications related to tumor progression or a variety of aggressive treatments. The majority of these patients are elderly, often with multiple co-morbidities that require appropriate assessment and management. In the palliative stage of their disease, patients undergo a progressive transition from active acute care to community-based hospice care. This transition requires modification in the diagnostic tests, monitoring procedures and pharmacological treatments to adjust them to the palliative and short-term nature of the care. Internal Medicine Issues in Palliative Cancer Care looks at internal medicine through a prognosis-based framework and provides a practical approach to maximizing comfort and quality of life while minimizing aggressive investigations and therapies for patients with life-limiting disease. Forty-six common internal medicine conditions are organized into nine clinical categories: pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal and metabolic, gastrointestinal, hematologic, infectious, endocrine, rheumatologic, and neuro-psychiatric"--Publisher's description |
Note |
Online resource; title from resource home page (Oxford Medicine Online, viewed January 29, 2021). |
Subject |
Cancer -- Palliative treatment.
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Comorbidity.
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Hospice care.
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Terminal care.
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Neoplasms -- therapy |
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Palliative Care -- methods |
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Comorbidity |
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Hospice Care -- methods |
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Internal Medicine -- methods |
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Multimorbidity |
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Terminal Care |
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Hospice Care |
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Cancer -- Traitement palliatif.
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Comorbidité.
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Soins en phase terminale.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Terminal care
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Hospice care
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Comorbidity
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Cancer -- Palliative treatment
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Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Added Author |
Hui, David, 1975- editor.
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Bruera, Eduardo, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Internal medicine issues in palliative cancer care. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014] 9780199329755 (DLC) 2013039278 (OCoLC)859253447 |
ISBN |
9780199330324 (electronic book) |
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0199330328 (electronic book) |
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9780199329755 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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0199329753 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000056896900 |
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AU@ 000062595767 |
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DEBBG BV043844823 |
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