| Description |
xxx, 430 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Section 1 Overview: The Social & Cultural Context of Old Age & Frailty -- 1. Variability in End-of-Life Care in the United States, John E. Wennberg, MD, MPH, and Susan W. Tolle, MD -- 2. Developmental Challenges and Opportunities for "Growth": The Inner Life at the End of Life, Robert N. Butler -- 3. Assessing Quality of Life and Quality of Dying in the Elderly: Implications for Clinical Practice of Palliative Medicine, J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH, and Donald L. Patrick, PhD, MSPH -- 4. The Place of Love in the Care of Persons with Advanced Dementia, Stephen G. Post -- 5. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, Colleen Christmas, MD and Tom Finucane, MD -- 6. Age, Rationing, and Palliative Care, Daniel Callahan, PhD, and Eva Topinkova, MD, PhD -- 7. Ethical Aspects of Geriatric Palliative Care, Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD, Madelyn A. Iris, PhD, and James R. Webster, MS, MD -- 8. Respecting Diversity in Geriatric Palliative Care, Marion Danis, MD, and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD -- Disease and Syndrome-Specific Aspects of Palliative Care -- 9. Frailty and its Implication for Care, Jeremy D. Walston, MD, and Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH -- 10. Heart Disease, Julia M. Addington-Hall, PhD, honMFPHM, Angie Rogers, MSc, Anne McCoy, MSc, J. Simon R. Gibbs, MD, FRCP -- 11. Cancer, Natalie R. Sacks, MD, and Janet L. Abrahm, MD -- 12. Stroke: Prognosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation, Steven R. Flanagan, MD and Stanley Tuhrim, MD -- 13. Dementia and Neuro-Degenerative Diseases, Ellen Olson, MD -- 14. Chronic Lung Disease and Lung Cancer, John P. Kremarik, MD, Thomas J. Predergast, MD, E. Wesley Ely, MD, and James R. Runo, MD -- 15. End Stage Renal Disease and Discontinuation of Dialysis, Lewis M. Cohen, MD, Michael Germain, MD, and Maura Brennan, MD -- Symtom Distress in Older Patients -- 16. Pain, Bruce A. Ferrell, MD and Elizabeth Whiteman, MD -- 17. Dyspnea, Cynthia X. Pan, MD -- 18. Gastrointestinal Syptoms, Nigel P. Sykes, MA, BM, BCh, FRCGP -- 19. Fatigue, Deborah Witt Sherman, PhD, RN, ANP, CS and Marianne LaPorte Matzo, PhD, RN, GNP, CS -- 20. Delirium, Anxiety, and Depression, Elizabeth Goy, PhD, and Linda Ganzini, MD -- Communication -- 21. Advance Care Planning for Frail, Older Persons, Joan M. Teno, MD, MS -- 22. Doctor-Patient Communication, James A. Tulsky, MD -- 23. Decision-Making for the Cognitively Impaired, Timothy E. Quill, MD and Robert McCann, MD -- Structures of Care for the Chronically Ill with Palliative Care Needs -- 24. Can We Make the Health-Care System Work?, Janice Lynch, MFA, Sarah Myers, MPH, Susan K. Rogers, MS, BSN,CHPN, Susan Emmer, Esq., and Joanne Lynn, MD -- 25. Palliative Care in the Nursing Home, John M. Carter, MD and Eileen Chichin, PhD -- 26. Family Caregivers: Burdens and Opportunities, Carol Levine, MA -- 27. Home Care for Frail Older Adults, Knight Steel, MD and Caroline Vitale, MD -- 28. Hospital-Based Palliative Care, Daniel Fischberg, MD and Diane Meier, MD |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Geriatrics -- Methods.
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Palliative treatment -- Aged
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Terminal care -- Aged
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Palliative treatment.
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Terminal care.
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Older people -- Care.
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Geriatrics.
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Aged.
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Palliative Care.
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Terminal Care.
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Geriatrics -- methods.
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Palliative Care.
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Terminal Care.
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Aged.
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Geriatrics -- methods.
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| Author |
Morrison, R. Sean (Rolfe Sean)
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Meier, Diane E.
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Capello, Carol.
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| LC no. |
2002034607 |
| ISBN |
0195141911 alkaline paper |
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