Roger Woodruff

Palliative Medicine

Evidence-Based Symptomatic and Supportive Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this thoroughly revised fourth edition of Palliative Care, Roger Woodruff draws on recent research and new developments in treatment to survey the principles of palliative care and related ethical issues. The primary focus is on the management and treatment of pain and other symptoms experienced by patients with advanced cancer. The author contributes to the delivery of better care to more patients with a terminal illness, through thorough analysis and application of methods of pain relief and treatment of other symptoms in the terminally ill patient. All the work is firmly grounded in an evidence based approach and is thoroughly referenced to the latest research in the area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 171mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 871g
• ISBN-13: 9780195516777
• ISBN-10: 019551677X
• Artikelnr.: 21426298

Inhaltsangabe

Section One: An Introduction to Palliative Care
1: Palliative care
2: Principles of palliative care
3: Ethics in palliative care
Section Two: Pain
4: Pain
5: Factors that modify the perception of pain
6: Assessment of pain
7: Principles of treatment
8: Non-opioid analgesics
9: Opioid analgesics
10: Morphine
11: Other opioid analgesics
12: Neuroaxial opioid therapy
13: Adjuvant analgesics
14: Anaesthetic, neurolytic and neurosurgical procedures
15: Physical therapies
16: Psychological and psychosocial aspects of pain control
17: Anticancer therapy
Section Three: Other Physical Symptoms and Clinical Problems
18: Respiratory
19: Gastrointestinal
20: Genitourinary
21: Cardiovascular
22: Haematological
23: Musculoskeletal
24: Dermatological
25: Neurological
26: Psychiatric
27: Endocrine/Metabolic
28: Constitutional
29: Adverse effects of anticancer therapy
Section Four: Psychosocial Aspects of Care
30: Psychological issues
31: Social problems
32: Cultural factors
33: Spiritual or existential concerns
34: Grief and bereavement
Section Five: Complementary and Alternative Therapies
35: Complementary and alternative medicines