Palliative and End-of-Life Care, 2nd Edition provides clinicians with the guidelines and tools necessary to provide quality, evidenced-based care to patients with life-limiting illness. This text describes the care and management of patients with advanced disease throughout the disease trajectory, extending from diagnosis of advanced disease until death. Four units provide the general principles of palliative and end-of-life care, important concepts, advanced disease management, and clinical practice guidelines. Clinical practice guidelines offer in-depth discussions of the pathophysiology of 19 different symptoms, interventions for specific symptom management (including in-depth rationales), and suggestions for patient and family teaching.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Table of Contents - p. 2 3. Copyright - p. 3 4. Dedication - p. 4 5. CONTRIBUTORS - p. 5 6. REVIEWERS - p. 6 7. PREFACE - p. 7 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - p. 8 9. FOREWORD - p. 9 10. FOREWORD - p. 10 11. CHAPTER 1. THE ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE IN PALLIATIVE CARE - p. 11 12. CHAPTER 2. PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE PERSPECTIVES - p. 19 13. CHAPTER 3. THE DYING PROCESS - p. 27 14. CHAPTER 4. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING AND END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING - p. 33 15. CHAPTER 5. ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING ADVANCED DISEASE - p. 41 16. CHAPTER 6. SPIRITUAL CARE ACROSS CULTURES - p. 48 17. CHAPTER 7. PHARMACOLOGY - p. 54 18. CHAPTER 8. SLEEP - p. 67 19. CHAPTER 9. NUTRITION - p. 78 20. CHAPTER 10. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - p. 89 21. CHAPTER 11. PULMONARY DISEASE - p. 98 22. CHAPTER 12. HEPATIC DISEASE - p. 105 23. CHAPTER 13. CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE - p. 108 24. CHAPTER 14. NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES - p. 113 25. CHAPTER 15. MALIGNANCIES - p. 121 26. CHAPTER 16. HIV/AIDS - p. 129 27. CHAPTER 17. ANXIETY - p. 134 28. CHAPTER 18. ASCITES - p. 141 29. CHAPTER 19. BOWEL OBSTRUCTION - p. 146 30. CHAPTER 20. CACHEXIA AND ANOREXIA - p. 150 31. CHAPTER 21. CONSTIPATION - p. 154 32. CHAPTER 22. COUGH - p. 160 33. CHAPTER 23. DEHYDRATION - p. 167 34. CHAPTER 24. DELIRIUM AND ACUTE CONFUSION - p. 172 35. CHAPTER 25. DEPRESSION - p. 181 36. CHAPTER 26. DIARRHEA - p. 186 37. CHAPTER 27. DYSPNEA - p. 195 38. CHAPTER 28. FATIGUE - p. 205 39. CHAPTER 29. HICCUPS - p. 214 40. CHAPTER 30. LYMPHEDEMA - p. 217 41. CHAPTER 31. NAUSEA AND VOMITING - p. 223 42. CHAPTER 32. PAIN - p. 229 43. CHAPTER 33. PALLIATIVE CARE EMERGENCIES - p. 243 44. CHAPTER 34. PRURITUS - p. 254 45. CHAPTER 35. ULCERATIVE LESIONS - p. 261 46. APPENDIX A. CAREGIVER RESOURCES - p. 270 47. APPENDIX B. CLINICIAN RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS - p. 271 48. INDEX - p. 275
Palliative and End-of-Life Care, 2nd Edition provides clinicians with the guidelines and tools necessary to provide quality, evidenced-based care to patients with life-limiting illness. This text describes the care and management of patients with advanced disease throughout the disease trajectory, extending from diagnosis of advanced disease until death. Four units provide the general principles of palliative and end-of-life care, important concepts, advanced disease management, and clinical practice guidelines. Clinical practice guidelines offer in-depth discussions of the pathophysiology of 19 different symptoms, interventions for specific symptom management (including in-depth rationales), and suggestions for patient and family teaching.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Table of Contents - p. 2 3. Copyright - p. 3 4. Dedication - p. 4 5. CONTRIBUTORS - p. 5 6. REVIEWERS - p. 6 7. PREFACE - p. 7 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - p. 8 9. FOREWORD - p. 9 10. FOREWORD - p. 10 11. CHAPTER 1. THE ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE IN PALLIATIVE CARE - p. 11 12. CHAPTER 2. PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE PERSPECTIVES - p. 19 13. CHAPTER 3. THE DYING PROCESS - p. 27 14. CHAPTER 4. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING AND END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING - p. 33 15. CHAPTER 5. ETHICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING ADVANCED DISEASE - p. 41 16. CHAPTER 6. SPIRITUAL CARE ACROSS CULTURES - p. 48 17. CHAPTER 7. PHARMACOLOGY - p. 54 18. CHAPTER 8. SLEEP - p. 67 19. CHAPTER 9. NUTRITION - p. 78 20. CHAPTER 10. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - p. 89 21. CHAPTER 11. PULMONARY DISEASE - p. 98 22. CHAPTER 12. HEPATIC DISEASE - p. 105 23. CHAPTER 13. CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE - p. 108 24. CHAPTER 14. NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES - p. 113 25. CHAPTER 15. MALIGNANCIES - p. 121 26. CHAPTER 16. HIV/AIDS - p. 129 27. CHAPTER 17. ANXIETY - p. 134 28. CHAPTER 18. ASCITES - p. 141 29. CHAPTER 19. BOWEL OBSTRUCTION - p. 146 30. CHAPTER 20. CACHEXIA AND ANOREXIA - p. 150 31. CHAPTER 21. CONSTIPATION - p. 154 32. CHAPTER 22. COUGH - p. 160 33. CHAPTER 23. DEHYDRATION - p. 167 34. CHAPTER 24. DELIRIUM AND ACUTE CONFUSION - p. 172 35. CHAPTER 25. DEPRESSION - p. 181 36. CHAPTER 26. DIARRHEA - p. 186 37. CHAPTER 27. DYSPNEA - p. 195 38. CHAPTER 28. FATIGUE - p. 205 39. CHAPTER 29. HICCUPS - p. 214 40. CHAPTER 30. LYMPHEDEMA - p. 217 41. CHAPTER 31. NAUSEA AND VOMITING - p. 223 42. CHAPTER 32. PAIN - p. 229 43. CHAPTER 33. PALLIATIVE CARE EMERGENCIES - p. 243 44. CHAPTER 34. PRURITUS - p. 254 45. CHAPTER 35. ULCERATIVE LESIONS - p. 261 46. APPENDIX A. CAREGIVER RESOURCES - p. 270 47. APPENDIX B. CLINICIAN RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS - p. 271 48. INDEX - p. 275
