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1. The development of hospice and palliative care -- 2. Palliative care as a public health issue -- 3. Palliative care as a primary care issue -- 4. The future of palliative medicine -- 5. Palliative care and supportive care -- 6. Ethics in the practice of palliative care -- 7. Undergraduate education in palliative medicine -- 8. Graduate education for nonspecialists -- 9. Challenges of research in palliative and supportive medicine -- 10. The population: Who are the subjects in palliative medicine research? -- 11. Study designs in palliative medicine -- 12. Outcome measurement in palliative care -- 13. Ethics in palliative care research -- 14. Adoption of palliative care: The engineering of organizational change -- 15. Principles of measuring the financial outcomes of specialist palliative care programs -- 16. Population-based needs assessment for patients and those important to them, such as families -- 17. Models of palliative care delivery -- 18. Home palliative care -- 19. Palliative care unit -- 20. Multidimensional patient assessment -- 21. Tools for pain and symptom assessment -- 22. Quality of life assessment in palliative care -- 23. Pathophysiology of chronic pain -- 24. Causes and mechanisms of pain in palliative care patients -- 25. Opioid analgesics -- 26. Assessment and management of opioid side effects -- 27. Adjuvant analgesic medications -- 28. Alternative routes for systemic opioid delivery -- 29. Interventional pain procedures in palliative care -- 30. Pain management in pediatrics -- 31. Pain in the older adult -- 32. Neuropathic pain -- 33. Bone cancer pain and skeletal complications -- 34. Breakthrough (episodic) pain in cancer patients -- 35. Somatic symptoms, symptom clusters, and symptom burden.

36. Pain in patients with alcohol and drug dependence -- 37. Cachexia-anorexia syndrome -- 38. Nausea/vomiting -- 39. Constipation -- 40. Jaundice -- 41. Malignant bowel obstruction -- 42. Endoscopic treatment of digestive symptoms -- 43. Mechanism, assessment, and management of fatigue -- 44. Breathlessness -- 45. Other respiratory symptoms (cough, hiccup, and secretions) -- 46. Depression/anxiety -- 47. Delirium -- 48. Sleep disturbances in advanced cancer patients -- 49. Counseling in palliative care -- 50. Hope in end-of-life care -- 51. Dehydration and rehydration -- 52. Fever, sweats, and hot flashes -- 53. Pruritus -- 54. Infections in palliative care -- 55. Pediatric palliative wound care: The unique anatomy and physiology of neonatal skin -- 56 Mouth care -- 57. Fistulas -- 58. Assessment and management of lymphedema -- 59. Hypercalcemia -- 60. Hemorrhage -- 61. Spinal cord compression -- 62. Clinical features and management of superior vena cava syndrome -- 63. Acute pain and management -- 64. Suicide -- 65. Cancer: Radiotherapy -- 66. Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted agents, and immunotherapy -- 67. Integrative medicine in supportive and palliative care -- 68. Neurological diseases -- 69. End-stage congestive heart failure -- 70. Geriatric palliative care -- 71. Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 72. Other infectious diseases: Malaria, rabies, tuberculosis -- 73. Practical resources for palliative care development in countries with limited resources: An IAHPC perspective -- 74. Prognostic indicators of survival -- 75. Palliative sedation -- 76. Staff stress and burnout in palliative care -- 77. Spiritual care -- 78. Family caregivers and cultural sensitivity -- 79. Bereavement -- 80. Children of palliative care patients -- 81. Neutropenic fever -- 82. Side effects of radiation therapy.

83. Cardiac and pulmonary toxicities of treatments -- 84. Oral complications of cancer therapies -- 85. Dermatologic side effects -- 86. Peripheral neuropathy and neurotoxicity -- 87. Sex and sexuality -- 88. Managing communication challenges with patients and families -- 89. Supportive and palliative care for patients with HIV infection -- 90. Implantable cardiac devices -- 91. Supportive care for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease -- 92. Palliative care in the emergency department -- 93. Optimal Symptom Management in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- 94. The end of therapy: Building the psychosocial and spiritual bridges to survivorship -- 95. Rehabilitation in the acute and chronic care setting -- 96. Long-term cognitive function -- 97. Gonadal functions and reproductive health -- 98. Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Index.

This new edition provides the essential clinical guidance both for those embarking upon a career in palliative medicine and for those already established in the field. A team of international experts here distil what every practitioner needs to know into a practical and reliable resource.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.