Supportive care for the renal patient

This book provides a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of supportive care for the renal patient. An international group of contributors emphasise the continuum of palliative care from the time of diagnosis through to end-of-lifecare and the issues surrounding withdrawal of dialysis. INDICE: Alvin Moss: Introduction to ethical case analysis; 1: David Ansell, S. Risdale and Fergus Caskey: Changing patterns of renal replacement therapy; 2: E. Joanna Chambers and Edwina Brown: The concept of supportive care for the renal patient; 3: Maria Da Silva-Gane and Lewis M. Cohen: Planning a renal palliative care programme and its components; 4: Sara N. Davison, Jean L. Holley and Jane Seymour: Advance care planning in patients with end-stage renaldisease; 5: Terry Feest: What determines a good outcome?: the selection of patients for renal replacement therapy; 6: Fredric O. Finkelstein and Susan H. Finkelstein: Health-related quality of life and the patient with chronic kidneydisease; 7: Fliss Murtagh and Steven D. Weisbord: Symptoms in renal disease: their epidemiology, assessment and management; 8: Sara N. Davison, E. Joanna Chambers and Charles J. Ferro: Management of pain in renal failure; 9: Daniel Cukor, Eileen M. Farrell, Lewis M. Cohen and Paul L. Kimmel: Psychological and psychiatric considerations in patients with advanced renal disease; 10: Chris Davies and Ira Byock: Spiritual care of the renal patient; 11: Alastair Hutchison and Helen Hurst: Support of the home dialysis patient; 12: Lionel U. Mailloux 12.2: Communicating with patients and family: Initiation, withdrawal and withholding of dialysis: 12.1: Clinical; 13: Fliss Murtagh and Neil Sheerin: Conservative management of end-stage renal disease; 14: Lina Johansson and Edwina A. Brown: End-stage renal disease in the older person; 15: Ken Farrington and E. Joanna Chambers: Death and end-of-life-care in advanced kidney disease

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956003-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 18/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés