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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
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