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Geriatric palliative care /
Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end of life for older adults. Beginning with the social and cultural context of old age and frailty, this volume details with specific aspects of palliative care relevant to particular disorders (e.g. cancer, st...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. Variability in end-of-life care in the United States
- Ch. 2. Developmental challenges and opportunities for the "Growth": the inner life at the end of life
- Ch. 3. Assessing quality of life and quality of dying in the elderly: implications for clinical practice of palliative medicine
- Ch. 4. The place of love in the care of persons with advanced dementia
- Ch. 5. Artificial nutrition and hydration
- Ch. 6. Age, rationing, and palliative care
- Ch. 7. Ethical aspects of geriatric palliative care
- Ch. 8. Respecting diversity
- Ch. 9. Frailty and its implications for care
- Ch. 10. Heart disease
- Ch. 11. Cancer
- Ch. 12. Stroke: prognosis, treatment, and rehabilitation
- Ch. 13. Dementia and neurodegenerative diseases
- Ch. 14. Chronic lung disease and lung cancer
- Ch. 15. End-stage renal disease and discontinuation of dialysis
- Ch. 16. Pain
- Ch. 17. Dyspnea
- Ch. 18. Gastrointestinal symptoms
- Ch. 19. Fatigue
- Ch. 20. Delirium, anxiety, and depression
- Ch. 21. Advance care planning for frail, older persons
- Ch. 22. Doctor-patient communication
- Ch. 23. Decision making for the cognitively impaired
- Ch. 24. Can we make the health-care system work?
- Ch. 25. Palliative care in the nursing home
- Ch. 26. Family caregivers: burdens and opportunities
- Ch. 27. Home car for frail, older adults
- Ch. 28. Hospital-based palliative care.