End of life care : a practical guide / editors, Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Joel S. Policzer.
Kinzbrunner, Barry M.; Policzer, Joel S.
2011
R726.8 .A15 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
End of life care : a practical guide / editors, Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Joel S. Policzer.
Uniform Title
20 common problems in end-of-life care.
Cover Title
End-of-life care : a practical guide
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780071545273 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0071545271 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xxii, 858 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
R726.8 .A15 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1/75
Summary
"The most thorough text available on providing patients and families with quality end-of-life care. End of Life Care: A Practical Guide offers solution-oriented coverage of the real-world issues and challenges that arise daily for clinicians caring for those with life-limiting illnesses and conditions. End of Life Care: A Practical Guide includes specific clinical guidance for pain management and other common end of life symptoms. The second edition has been made even more essential with the addition of chapter-ending Q&A for self assessment and board review, new coverage of multicultural medicine, an increased number of algorithms to assist decision making on complicated clinical, legal, and ethical issues. Six sections walk you through the complexities of caring for patients who are nearing the end of life."--Provided by publisher.
Note
Rev. ed. of: 20 common problems in end-of-life care / editors, Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Neal J. Weinreb, Joel S. Policzer. c2002.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Kinzbrunner, Barry M.
Policzer, Joel S.
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Preparing patients for end-of-life care. Predicting prognosis : how to decide when end-of-life care is needed ; How to assist patients and families in accessing end-of-life care / James B. Wright, Barry M. Kinzbrunner
Communicating with patients and families / Barry M. Kinzbrunner ... [et.al]
How to work with the interdisciplinary team / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Joel S. Policzer
Measuring outcomes and quality of life / Melanie P. Merriman
Management of symptoms. Management of pain at the end of life / Tara C. Friedman ... [et.al]
Dyspnea and other respiratory symptoms / Freddie J. Negron, Elizabeth A. McKinnis
Gastrointestinal symptoms near the end of life / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Elizabeth A. McKinnis
Neurological symptoms at the end of life / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Tina Maluso-Bolton, Bruce Schlecter
Delirium, depression, and anxiety / Barry M. Kinzbrunner ...[et.al]
Wound care and other dermatologic problems at the end of life / Andrea M. Adkins, Joel S. Policzer, Domingo Gomez
Last days : the actively dying patient / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Vincent D. Nguyen, Jeanne Micklich Ash
Other common symptoms near the end of life / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, James B. Wright
Psychosocial and spiritual concerns at the end of life / Sarah E. McKinnon, Bob Miller
Physician's role in spiritual care / Barry M. Kinzbrunner
Psychosocial and spiritual assessments / Bryan Kinzbrunner
Grief and bereavement / Robin Fiorelli.

Diagnostic and invasive interventions. Diagnostic tests and invasive procedures in end-of-life care / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Neal J. Weinreb
Palliative chemotherapy and radiation therapy / James M. Sinclair, Gaurav Mathur, Neal J. Weinreb
Invasive cardiac interventions / Barry M. Kinzbrunner
Invasive respiratory care / Freddie J. Negron, Joel S. Policzer
Ethical dilemmas. Advance directives and CPR at the end of life / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Domingo Gomez
Physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, and palliative sedation / Joel S. Policzer ...[et.al]
Artificial nutrition and hydration / Lyra Sihra, Barry M. Kinzbrunner
Specific populations. End-of-life care in patients with AIDS / Alen Voskanian, Michael Wohlfeiler
Care of the pediatric patient at the end of life / Lynn Ann Meister, Judith Ann Haythorne Macurda
Grief and bereavement in children / Robin Fiorelli
End-of-life care and critical care : the emergency department and the intensive care unit / Joel S. Policzer, Forrest O. Beaty
Hospice in long-term care / Jeffrey M. Kagan, Barry M. Kunzbrunner
Geriatric patient : pain management / Jeffrey M. Behrens
Diversity. Cultural diversity and end-of-life care / Barry M. Kinzbrunner ... [et.al]
Religious diversity and end-of-life care / Barry M. Kinzbrunner, Syd Saxena, Sara Roby.

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