ABC of Palliative Care

Marie Fallon, Geoffrey Hanks1405130792, 9781405130790, 9781405171366

This brand new edition of ABC of Palliative Care pulls together the most up-to-date information on this complex, multidisciplinary area in a practical, user-friendly manner. Fully updated, it deals with the important social and psychological aspects for palliative care of people with incurable diseases including quality of life, communication and bereavement issues.
This authoritative, practical title will be invaluable to the increasing numbers of doctors, senior and specialist nurses, and all those health professionals who deal with cancer patients in the hospital, at home or in a hospice.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Contents……Page 6
Contributors……Page 7
Foreword……Page 9
Components of palliative care……Page 10
Future challenges……Page 11
The WHO analgesic ladder……Page 13
Opioid analgesics for severe pain……Page 14
Tolerance, addiction, and physical dependence……Page 15
Opioid responsiveness……Page 16
Neuropathic pain……Page 17
Episodic pain……Page 18
Invasive analgesic techniques……Page 19
The future……Page 20
Breathlessness……Page 22
Cough……Page 24
Pleural and chest wall pain……Page 25
Denture hygiene……Page 26
Oral symptoms……Page 27
Oral infections……Page 28
Oral problems in patients with advanced non-malignant disease……Page 29
Does this patient have cachexia?……Page 30
Management……Page 31
The future……Page 33
Antiemetics and other useful drugs……Page 34
Management of specific nausea and vomiting syndromes……Page 35
Drug induced nausea and vomiting……Page 37
Constipation……Page 38
Intestinal obstruction……Page 40
Clinical features……Page 45
Prevention and management……Page 46
Psychotropic drugs……Page 47
Outcome……Page 48
Hypercalcaemia……Page 49
Spinal cord compression……Page 50
Bone fracture……Page 52
Principles……Page 53
Symptom control……Page 54
Emergency situations……Page 55
Support……Page 56
Aspects of care in children……Page 57
Specific problems……Page 58
Support for the family……Page 59
Bereavement……Page 60
Barriers to good communication……Page 61
Improving communication……Page 63
Support from family and friends……Page 65
Healthcare professionals……Page 66
Advanced cardiac disease……Page 68
End stage renal disease……Page 70
Respiratory disease……Page 71
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease……Page 73
HIV/AIDS……Page 74
Home care……Page 77
The needs of dying patients……Page 78
Other settings and patients without cancer……Page 80
Optimising home care—some models of good practice……Page 81
Conclusion……Page 82
Grief……Page 83
Vulnerable groups……Page 85
What helps?……Page 86
Patterns of use……Page 87
Referral and assessment……Page 88
The therapies……Page 89
Sources of information……Page 91
Index……Page 92