Comprehensive guide to supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer / Janet L. Abrahm, Bethany-Rose Daubman, Molly Collins.

By:

Abrahm, J. (Janet) [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022Edition: 4th editionDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 629 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781421443904
1421443902

Uniform titles:

Physician's guide to pain and symptom management in cancer patients

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DDC classification:

616.99/406 23

LOC classification:

RC271.P33 A27 2022

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Contents:

Part I. Team approach. Early days ; Working with patients' families ; Spirtual care in palliative care ; Sexuality, intimacy, and cancer ; Advancing disease -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. End of life and bereavement. Approaching the end: concerns of patients and their families at the end of life ; The last days ; Bereavement.

Summary: 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.

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"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.

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.

Includes bibliographical refrences and index

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