Comprehensive guide to supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer /
Abrahm, J.
Comprehensive guide to supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer / Janet L. Abrahm, Bethany-Rose Daubman, Molly Collins. - 4th edition - 1 online resource (xiii, 629 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
"Previous editions of this work were published as A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients, by Janet L. Abrahm, MD."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical refrences and index
Team approach. Early days ; Working with patients' families ; Spirtual care in palliative care ; Sexuality, intimacy, and cancer ; Advancing disease -- Pain control, symptom management, and psychological considerations. Assessing the patient in pain ; Pharmacologic management of cancer pain ; Nonpharmacologic strategies in palliative care ; Psychological considerations ; Managing other distressing problems -- End of life and bereavement. Approaching the end: concerns of patients and their families at the end of life ; The last days ; Bereavement. Part I. Part II. Part III.
This new edition features three new chapters--'Spiritual Care in Palliative Care,''Psychological Considerations,'and'Bereavement'--as well as specific guidelines about • advance care planning at all phases of cancer• understanding complex family dynamics and communication challenges• partnering with interpreters in the care of patients and family members with limited English-language proficiency• special considerations to take into account for LGBTQ+ patients and their loved ones• caring for patients who have a serious mental illness along with a cancer diagnosis• nonpharmacologic management of pain and other symptoms associated with cancer or its treatment.
9781421443904 1421443902
Cancer--Palliative treatment.
Pain--Treatment.
Palliative treatment.
Pain.
RC271.P33 / A27 2022
616.99/406
Comprehensive guide to supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer / Janet L. Abrahm, Bethany-Rose Daubman, Molly Collins. - 4th edition - 1 online resource (xiii, 629 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
"Previous editions of this work were published as A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients, by Janet L. Abrahm, MD."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical refrences and index
Team approach. Early days ; Working with patients' families ; Spirtual care in palliative care ; Sexuality, intimacy, and cancer ; Advancing disease -- Pain control, symptom management, and psychological considerations. Assessing the patient in pain ; Pharmacologic management of cancer pain ; Nonpharmacologic strategies in palliative care ; Psychological considerations ; Managing other distressing problems -- End of life and bereavement. Approaching the end: concerns of patients and their families at the end of life ; The last days ; Bereavement. Part I. Part II. Part III.
This new edition features three new chapters--'Spiritual Care in Palliative Care,''Psychological Considerations,'and'Bereavement'--as well as specific guidelines about • advance care planning at all phases of cancer• understanding complex family dynamics and communication challenges• partnering with interpreters in the care of patients and family members with limited English-language proficiency• special considerations to take into account for LGBTQ+ patients and their loved ones• caring for patients who have a serious mental illness along with a cancer diagnosis• nonpharmacologic management of pain and other symptoms associated with cancer or its treatment.
9781421443904 1421443902
Cancer--Palliative treatment.
Pain--Treatment.
Palliative treatment.
Pain.
RC271.P33 / A27 2022
616.99/406