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Palliative care nursing [electronic resource] : quality care to the end of life.

Contributor(s): Matzo, Marianne [editor] | Sherman, Deborah Witt [editor]Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Springer Publishing Company, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 4th edDescription: 1 online resource (702 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0826196357; 9780826196354; 9780826196361Subject(s): MEDICAL / Nursing / Oncology & CancerGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616/.029 LOC classification: RT87.T45Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

Palliative care nursing : quality care to the end of life -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Share Palliative Care Nursing -- Section I: Understanding Palliative Care -- Chapter 1: The Interprofessional Practice of Palliative Care Nursing -- Chapter 2: Palliative Care: Responsive to the Need for Health Care Reform in the United States -- Chapter 3: Ethical Aspects of Palliative Care -- Chapter 4: Legal Aspects of End-of-Life Decision Making -- Section II: Caring for the Whole Person in Palliative Care -- Chapter 5: Culture and Spirituality as Domains of Quality Palliative Care -- Chapter 6: Sexual Health and Intimacy -- Chapter 7: Family Caregivers -- Chapter 8: Communicating With Seriously Ill and Dying Patients, Their Families, and Their Health Care Practitioners -- Chapter 9: Health Promotion and Rehabilitation in Palliative Care -- Chapter 10: Loss, Suffering, Bereavement, and Grief -- Chapter 11: Holistic Integrative Therapies in Palliative Care -- Section III: Physical Aspects of Dying -- Chapter 12: Cancer -- Chapter 13: End-Stage Heart Disease -- Chapter 14: Chronic Lung Disease -- Chapter 15: Neurological Disorders -- Chapter 16: End-Stage Renal Disease -- Chapter 17: End-Stage Liver Disease -- Chapter 18: Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS -- Section IV: Physical Aspects of Palliative Care: Symptoms -- Chapter 19: Pain Assessment and Pharmacological/Nonpharmacological Interventions -- Chapter 20: Dyspnea -- Chapter 21: Anxiety, Depression, and Delirium -- Chapter 22: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and End-of-Life Care -- Chapter 23: Gastrointestinal Symptoms -- Chapter 24: Fatigue -- Chapter 25: Skin Alterations -- Chapter 26: Peri-Death Nursing Care -- Index.

Abstract: The book is edited by Project on Death in America Faculty Scholars, who have worked to develop, implement, and evaluate nursing initiatives in palliative care in the U.S. and internationally. With a focus on both quality of life and economic imperatives, interdisciplinary authors describe the management of specific diseases and related physical and psychological symptoms, and care of patients during the dying process. They cover assessment of key symptoms and pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and complementary interventions. Taking a life-span approach, the book includes age-appropriate nursing considerations. Key points at the beginning of each chapter and callouts containing evidenced-based information highlight best practices. The text also examines relevant legal, ethical, and cultural considerations and offers case studies with conclusions in each clinical chapter.

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The book is edited by Project on Death in America Faculty Scholars, who have worked to develop, implement, and evaluate nursing initiatives in palliative care in the U.S. and internationally. With a focus on both quality of life and economic imperatives, interdisciplinary authors describe the management of specific diseases and related physical and psychological symptoms, and care of patients during the dying process. They cover assessment of key symptoms and pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and complementary interventions. Taking a life-span approach, the book includes age-appropriate nursing considerations. Key points at the beginning of each chapter and callouts containing evidenced-based information highlight best practices. The text also examines relevant legal, ethical, and cultural considerations and offers case studies with conclusions in each clinical chapter.

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