Geriatric palliative care : a practical guide for clinicians

Geriatric palliative care : a practical guide for clinicians / edited by Emily Chai, MD, Diane Meier, MD, FACP, Jane Morris, MD, RN, ACHPN, Suzanne Goldhirsch, MA, MsED.

The growing geriatric population in the United States has created an increasing need for palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties. Yet, palliative medicine lacks the resources to carry such a workload itself. Geriatric Palliative Care addresses this need by e...

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Other Authors: Chai, Emily (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Older people > Diseases > Palliative treatment.
Older people > Hospice care.
Health care teams.
Palliative treatment.
Older people.
elderly.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Palliative treatment
Older people
Health care teams
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Geriatric Palliative Care; Series; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; SECTION IOverview; 1 Geriatric Palliative Care; 2 Principles of Geriatric Palliative Care; 3 Medication Management in Older Adults; 4 Special Issues in Caregiving; 5 Financing Hospice and Palliative Care; 6 Ethical Decision-Making; 7 Prognostication; 8 Advance Care Planning; 9 Communication Skills; 10 Managing Conflict; 11 Care Transitions; 12 The Hospice Model of Palliative Care; 13 Health Insurance; SECTION IISpecial Issues in Geriatric Palliative Care; 14 Palliative Care Emergencies; 15 Dying at Home
  • 16 Cultural Considerations17 Complementary and Alternative Medicine; 18 Clinician Self-Care; 19 Last Hours of Living; 20 Grief and Bereavement; 21 Spirituality; 22 Palliative Sedation; 23 Responding to Requests for Hastened Death; 24 Assistive Aids and Devices; 25 Rehabilitation; 26 Mechanical Ventilation; 27 Artificial Nutrition and Hydration; Section IIICaregivers; 28 Caregivers; SECTION 4Symptoms; 29 Management of Pain in Older Adults; 30 Fatigue; 31 Failure to Thrive; 32 Fever and Sweating; 33 Behavioral Disorders in Dementia; 34 Delirium; 35 Terminal Delirium; 36 Sleep Disorders
  • 37 Dizziness38 Headache; 39 Myoclonus; 40 Cough and Secretions; 41 Dyspnea; 42 Anorexia/Cachexia; 43 Ascites; 44 Bowel Obstruction; 45 Constipation; 46 Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence; 47 Xerostomia and Oral Mucositis; 48 Dyspepsia; 49 Dysphagia; 50 Hepatic Encephalopathy; 51 Gastroparesis; 52 Hiccups; 53 Nausea and Vomiting; 54 Urinary Retention; 55 Urinary Incontinence; 56 Bleeding; 57 Thrombosis; 58 Lymphedema; 59 Pressure Ulcers; 60 Pruritus; 61 Malodorous Wounds; SECTION v Diseases and Syndromes; 62 Frailty; 63 Falls; 64 Depression; 65 Anxiety; 66 Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
  • 67 Dementia68 Seizure; 69 Stroke; 70 Parkinson's Disease; 71 Essential Tremor; 72 Malignant Spinal Cord Compression; 73 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; 74 Aspiration Pneumonia; 75 Colonic Diverticulitis; 76 Mesenteric Ischemia; 77 End-Stage Liver Disease; 78 Feeding Tube Management; 79 End-Stage Renal Disease; 80 Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection (RUTI); 81 Diabetic Management in Advanced Illness; 82 End-Stage Heart Failure; 83 Arrhythmias; 84 Valvular Heart Disease; 85 Peripheral Arterial Disease; 86 Hip Fracture Management; 87 Osteoarthritis; 88 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • 89 Osteoporotic Fracture90 Polymyalgia Rheumatica; 91 Rheumatoid Arthritis in Older Adults; 92 Osteomyelitis in Older Adults; 93 Herpes Zoster in Older Adults; 94 HIV/AIDS; 95 Skin Cancer; 96 Colorectal Cancer; 97 Head and Neck Cancer; 98 Breast Cancer; 99 Prostate Cancer; 100 Lung Cancer; 101 Leukemia; 102 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma; 103 Intracranial Malignancies; Section viThe Interdisciplinary Team; 104 Clinical/Counseling Psychologist; 105 Complementary and Alternative Practitioners; 106 Registered Dietitian; 107 Licensed Massage Therapist; 108 Music Therapist; 109 Nursing

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