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Book SynopsisThis book guides clinicians through the management of common situations found in palliative medicine. Using patient case scenarios, it gives students and medical professionals an accessible, evidence-based entryway to gain the skills and knowledge needed to provide high quality palliative and end of life care to patients and their families.
Table of Contents1: Jessica Simon and Jeff Myers: Advance care planning and goals of care discussions 2: Pippa Hawley: Opioids overview 3: Sharon Watanabe, Yoko Tarumi, and Megan Sellick: Somatic pain 4: Michael Downing: Visceral pain 5: Srini Chary, Susan MacDonald, Leonie Herx, and Anne Boyle: Neuropathic pain 6: Danielle Kain, Susan MacDonald, and Shalini Nayar: Dyspnea and lung disease 7: Bernard J. Lapointe: Nausea and vomiting 8: Tim Hiebert and Stefan Riel: Constipation 9: Carl Bromwich: Malignant bowel obstruction 10: Neil Macdonald and Vickie Baracos: Anorexia-cachexia 11: Ravi Bhargava and Martin Chasen: Cancer fatigue 12: Shirley H. Bush, Bruno Gagnon, and Peter G. Lawlor: Delirium 13: Madeline Li, Gilla K. Shapiro, and Gary Rodin: Anxiety and depression 14: Alexandra Farag: Grief and bereavement 15: Cheryl Hurley and Vincent Maida: Wounds in advanced illness 16: José Pereira: Urological symptoms and complications in palliative care 17: Samir Azzaria, Marie-Andrée Fournier, and Mélanie Simard: Mouth care 18: Anna Towers and Marie-Eve Letellier: Lymphedema 19: Dave Henderson and Leonie Herx: The last days and hours 20: Leonie Herx: Continuous palliative sedation therapy (CPST) 21: Crystal Hann, Anand Swaminath, and Jonathan Sussman: Radiation therapy: Advancing technologies 22: Rachel Rudney and Paul J. Daeninck: Chemotherapy 23: Michael Slawnych: Palliative care in heart failure 24: Tenille Gofton: Neurological disorders 25: Hasitha Welihinda: Renal failure 26: Tim Hiebert: Cirrhosis and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract 27: Anne Boyle and Dave Henderson: Palliative care in the community 28: Valerie N. Schultz and James Downar: Palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) 29: Dave Lysecki and Christina Vadeboncoeur: Pediatric palliative care 30: Naheed Dosani and Anna Voeuk: Palliative care for structurally vulnerable populations (SVPs) 31: Pippa Hawley: Methadone 32: Pippa Hawley and Vincent Maida: Medical cannabis 33: Philip Chan and Kelly Shinkaruk: Interventional analgesic techniques 34: Stephen B. Singh: Useful apps and websites 35: Deborah Dudgeon, Leonie Herx, and Susan MacDonald: Response to suffering 36: Denise Marshall and Doris Barwich: Public health palliative care
