Neuropalliative Care, Part One, Volume 190 covers a type of care that is given when there is no cure for the neurological disorder and the patient is in distress. It provides a scholarly background of neuropalliative care, from historic underpinnings to its practice in various geographical regions, along with best practices for specific neurological disorders. It covers the work of multi or interdisciplinary teams whose care is intended to make the patient as comfortable as possible and includes partners and families in treatment plans.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. ii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series - p. v 6. Foreword - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Contributors - p. xiii 9. Section 1: Neuropalliative care as a new field - p. xiii 10. Chapter 1: Key concepts and opportunities - p. 3 11. Chapter 2: Neuropalliative care: Defining an emerging field - p. 17 12. Chapter 3: The neuropalliative multidisciplinary team—Members and their roles - p. 33 13. Chapter 4: Delivery models of neuropalliative care - p. 61 14. Chapter 5: International models of neuropalliative care - p. 73 15. Chapter 6: What palliative care physicians wish neurologists knew - p. 85 16. Chapter 7: What neurologists wish palliative care physicians knew - p. 93 17. Chapter 8: When to initiate palliative care in neurology - p. 105 18. Section 2: Goals of care and advance care planning, prognostication, and end of life - p. 125 19. Chapter 9: Advance care planning in neurologic illness - p. 129 20. Chapter 10: Prognostication in brain tumors - p. 149 21. Chapter 11: Prognostication in dementia - p. 163 22. Chapter 12: Prognostication in neurology - p. 175 23. Chapter 13: End-of-life and hospice care for neurologic illness - p. 195 24. Chapter 14: Responding to requests for hastened death in patients living with advanced neurologic disease - p. 217 25. Index - p. 239
Neuropalliative Care, Part One, Volume 190 covers a type of care that is given when there is no cure for the neurological disorder and the patient is in distress. It provides a scholarly background of neuropalliative care, from historic underpinnings to its practice in various geographical regions, along with best practices for specific neurological disorders. It covers the work of multi or interdisciplinary teams whose care is intended to make the patient as comfortable as possible and includes partners and families in treatment plans.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. ii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series - p. v 6. Foreword - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Contributors - p. xiii 9. Section 1: Neuropalliative care as a new field - p. xiii 10. Chapter 1: Key concepts and opportunities - p. 3 11. Chapter 2: Neuropalliative care: Defining an emerging field - p. 17 12. Chapter 3: The neuropalliative multidisciplinary team—Members and their roles - p. 33 13. Chapter 4: Delivery models of neuropalliative care - p. 61 14. Chapter 5: International models of neuropalliative care - p. 73 15. Chapter 6: What palliative care physicians wish neurologists knew - p. 85 16. Chapter 7: What neurologists wish palliative care physicians knew - p. 93 17. Chapter 8: When to initiate palliative care in neurology - p. 105 18. Section 2: Goals of care and advance care planning, prognostication, and end of life - p. 125 19. Chapter 9: Advance care planning in neurologic illness - p. 129 20. Chapter 10: Prognostication in brain tumors - p. 149 21. Chapter 11: Prognostication in dementia - p. 163 22. Chapter 12: Prognostication in neurology - p. 175 23. Chapter 13: End-of-life and hospice care for neurologic illness - p. 195 24. Chapter 14: Responding to requests for hastened death in patients living with advanced neurologic disease - p. 217 25. Index - p. 239
