Palliative care: core skills and clinical competencies, expert consult online and print

Find out all you need to know about providing high-quality care to patients with serious illnesses from the 2nd edition of Palliative Care: Core Skills andClinical Competencies. Drs. Linda L. Emanuel and S. Lawrence Librach, leadersin the field, address the clinical, physical, psychological, cultural, and spiritual dimensions that are integral to the care of the whole patient. They give you a broad understanding of the core clinical skills and competencies needed to effectively approach patient assessment, care of special populations, symptom control, ethical issues, and more. Clearly written in a user-friendly, high-yield format with convenient online access, this resource is your ultimateguidebook to the burgeoning practice of palliative medicine. INDICE: 1 Palliative Care: A Quiet Revolution in Patient Care2 Comprehensive Assessment3 Communication Skills4 Negotiating Goals of Care: Changing Goalsalong the Trajectory of Illness5 Prognostication6 Multiple Symptoms and Multiple Illnesses7 Pain8 Nausea/Vomiting9 Anorexia/Cachexia and Fatigue10 Depression & Anxiety11 Delirium11 Constipation12 Urinary Incontinence13 Sexuality14 Dyspnea15 Working with Families16 Wound Care17 Loss, Bereavement, and Adaptation18 Understanding and Respecting Cultural Differences19 Dignity Therapy20 Advance Care Planning21 Responding to Requests for Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide22 Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapies23 Last Hoursof Living24 Legal and Ethical Issues in the US25 Hematology/Oncology26 HIV/AIDS27 Heart Failure28 Kidney Failure29 Gastrointestinal Malignancies30 Neurodegenerative Diseases31 Palliative Interventional Therapy32 Care of Patients withDementia (Delete content on incontinence and falls)33 Pulmonary Palliative Medicine34 Pediatric Palliative Care35 Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit36 Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care37 Veterans and Vulnerable Populations38 Treating Special Populations (chronic psych illnesses, homeless)39 The Interdisciplinary Team40 Palliative Care Nursing41 Social Workers42 Spiritual Care43 Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Settings44 Home Care45 Integrating Palliative Care into Disease Management46 Palliative Care Services and Programs (including new content on quality)47 Physician and End of Life Care48 The Economic Burden of End-of-Life Illness49 Dealing with Economic Hardship/Impact50 Palliative Care in Developing Countries I FormularyII Reimbursement MechanismsIIIOnline Resources for Palliative & End of Life Care

• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1619-1
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 752
• Fecha Publicación: 07/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés