| Description |
xvi, 560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Promoting Quality of Life During the Dying Process -- 1. Cultural and Spiritual Backgrounds of Older Adults -- 2. Death and an Aging Society -- 3. Community Based Palliative Care for Older Adults -- 4. Palliation and End of Life Care Across Health Care Settings -- 5. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Dying and Health Care Resource Allocation -- 6. Communication Issues in Advance Care Planning -- 7. Advance Directives: Older Adults with Dementia -- 8. Family Caregivers of Dying Elders: Burdens and Opportunities -- 9. Suffering, Loss, Grief, and Bereavement -- Pt. 2. Disease-Related Palliative Care Nursing -- 10. End-Stage Heart Disease -- 11. Cancer -- 12. Stroke, Coma, and Brain Death -- 13. Dementia and Neurodegenerative Illnesses -- 14. End-Stage Renal Disease and Discontinuation of Dialysis -- 15. Chronic Lung Disease -- 16. End-Stage Liver Disease -- Pt. 3. Symptom Management and Related Issues -- 17. Dyspnea -- 18. Anxiety, Depression, and Delirium -- 19. Gastrointestinal Symptoms -- 20. Fatigue -- 21. Pain Assessment and Management -- 22. Skin Care Needs of Palliative Care Patients -- 23. Nutrition and Hydration -- 24. Polypharmacy -- 25. Peri-Death Nursing Care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Geriatric nursing -- Case studies.
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Palliative treatment -- Case studies.
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Terminal care.
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Geriatric nursing.
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Palliative treatment.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Case studies.
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| Author |
Sherman, Deborah Witt.
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| ISBN |
0323019900 paperback |
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