Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1068 g
Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1068 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-850843-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Palliative care is the duty of every neurologist: however, to date, this has not been a standard feature of neurological practice or training. This book helps define a new field, namely palliative care in neurology. It brings together all necessary information for neurologists caring for a patient with advance disease.
Palliative care is an approach to the management of patients with life-threatening illness that attempts to enhance comfort, relieve psychosocial and spiritual distress, assure respect for decision making, provide support for the family, and prepare the patient and family for the end of life. This unique book covers each of the many dimensions of palliative care as they relate to patients with advanced neurological disorders. Basic principles of palliative care and specific ethical issues (such as euthanasia, food and hydration and advance directives) are covered. The needs of populations with specific neurological disorders are described and the management of symptoms that are common to all is explored in detail. Each chapter introduces its topic using a case report that may be used directly for teaching purposes. The authors have put together an invaluable resource, which lays the foundation for further research in the field.
Zielgruppe
Neurologists both in practice and academia, palliative care physicians.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Neurochirurgie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Palliativmedizin
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1: Oliver: Palliative care
- Part 1: Disorders
- 2: Hamann, Rogers and Addington-Hall: Palliative care in stroke
- 3: Macleod and Formaglio: Demyelinating disease
- 4: Peterson: Neoplasms
- 5: Clough and Blockley: Parkinson's disease and related disorders
- 6: Volicer: Dementias
- 7: Meadway: Infectious disease
- 8: Oliver and Borasio: Diseases of motor nerves
- 9: Maddocks: Muscular dystrophy and related myopathies
- 10: Weil and Noachtar: Epilepsy
- 11: Bouffet: Pediatric neurology
- Part 2: Neurologic Outcome and Palliative Care
- 12: Toepper and Nacimento: Persistent vegetative state
- 13: Ceranski: Quadriplegia and paraplegia
- 14: Lahrmann and Grisold: Locked-in state
- Part 3: Common Symptoms
- 15: Noth and Fink: Spasticity
- 16: Prosiegel and Borasio: Dysphagia
- 17: Scott: Communication impairment
- 18: Weil and Noachtar: Epileptic seizures and mycolonus
- 19: Portenoy, Hord and Portenoy: Pain
- 20: Mercadante: Nausea and vomiting
- 21: Wagner: Fatigue
- 22: Caraceni and Bosisio: Acute confusional state
- 23: Borasio and Kaub-Witterner: Respiratory symptoms
- 24: Sykes: Bowel symptoms
- 25: Shah and Badlani: Urological symptoms
- 26: Berney and Stiefel: Psychiatric symptoms
- Part 4: Other problems with advanced illness
- 27: Hardy and Martin: Neurological emergencies
- 28: Walker: Pressure ulcers
- 29: Rousseau: Stomatitis
- 30: Sykes: Managing the dying patient
- Part 5: Ethical issues
- 31: Defanti: Personal identity and palliative care
- 32: Hardy, Henry and Oliver: Food and hydration
- 33: Voltz and Foley: Sedation in the imminently dying patient
- 34: Akabayashi, Slingsby and Voltz: Advance directives
- 35: Bernat: Refusal and withdrawal of treatment
- 36: Carver and Foley: Physician assisted suicide/euthanasia
- 37: Bernat: Informed consent
- Part 6: General aspects
- 38: Sloan: Psychological aspects
- 39: Taylor and Herr: Spirituality
- 40: Oliviere and Oliver: Cultural aspects of care
- 41: Maddocks: Palliative care education for neurologists
- 42: Jaffe: So, here's what's happened in my life since last April
