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Oxford University Press Inc
15 May 2014
"The growing geriatric population in the United States has created an increasing need for palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties. Yet, palliative medicine lacks the resources to carry such a workload itself. Geriatric Palliative Care addresses this need by encouraging individual specialties to ""own"" the management of elderly with the same vigor as they ""own"" other key management competencies within their specialty. This clinically focused and highly practical handbook, which compliments the more comprehensive text Geriatric Palliative Care by Sean Morrison and Diane Meier (Oxford University Press, 2003), encourages this process of learning and ownership across many medical specialties. Designed to be readable and easily accessible to a range of health care providers, Geriatric Palliative Care outlines specific strategies for caring for specific palliative care issues common in elderly patients. The handbook also provides evidence based advice for helping patients, relatives, and staff cope with such issues as polypharmacy, dementia and consent, multiple pathologies, home care, elderly caregivers, and supporting the elderly in the place where they would like to be."

Section 1: Overview1. Introduction to Geriatric Palliative Care2. Principles of Care3. Medication Management4. Introduction to Caregiving5. Financing Palliative Care and Hospice6. Ethical Decision-Making7. Prognostication8. Advance Care Planning9. Communication Skills10. Managing Conflict11. Care Transitions12. The Hospice Model of Palliative Care13. InsuranceSection 2: Special Issues in Geriatric Palliative Care14. Palliative Care Emergencies15. Dying at Home16. Cultural Considerations17. Complementary and Alternative Therapies18. Clinician Self Care19. Last Hours of Living20. Bereavement21. Spirituality22. Palliative Sedation23. Requests for Hastened Death24. Assistive Aids and Devices25. Rehabilitation26. Mechanical Ventilation27. Artificial Nutrition and HydrationSection 3: Caregivers28. CaregivingSection 4: Symptoms29. Pain Management30. Fatigue31. Failure to Thrive32. Sweating and Fever33. Behavioral Disorders in Dementia34. Delirium35. Terminal Delirium36. Sleep Disorders37. Dizziness38. Headache39. Myoclonus40. Cough and Secretion41. Dyspnea42. Anorexia and Cachexia43. Ascites44. Bowel Obstruction45. Constipation46. Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence47. Mucositis48. Dyspepsia49. Dysphagia50. Encephalopathy51. Gastroparesis52. Hiccups53. Nausea and Vomiting54. Urinary Retention55. Urinary Incontinence56. Bleeding57. Thromboses58. Lymphoedema59. Pressure Ulcers60. Pruritus61. Malodorous WoundsSection 5: Diseases and Syndromes62. Frailty63. Falls64. Depression65. Anxiety66. Alcohol Abuse and Dependence67. Dementia68. Seizure69. Stroke70. Parkinson Disease and Essential Tremor71. Malignant Spinal Cord Compression72. End Stage Lung Disease73. Aspiration Pneumonia74. Diverticulitis75. Mesentric Ischemia76. End Stage Liver Disease77. Feeding Tube Management78. End Stage Renal Disease79. Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection80. Diabetic Management in Advanced Illness81. End Stage Heart Disease82. Arrhythmias83. Valvular Heart Disease84. Peripheral Arterial Disease85. Hip Fracture Management86. Osteoarthritis87. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis88. Osteoporotic Fracture89. Polymyalgia Rheumatica90. Rheumatoid Arthritis91. Osteomyelitis92. Herpes Zoster93. HIV-AIDS94. Skin Cancers95. Colorectal Cancer96. Head and Neck Cancer97. Breast Cancer98. Prostate Cancer99. Lung Cancer100. Leukemia101. Lymphoma102. Intracranial MalignanciesSection 6: The Interdisciplinary Team103. Clinical Psychologist104. Complementary and Alternative Practitioners105. Dietician106. Massage Therapist107. Music Therapist108. Registered Nurse109. Physical Therapist110. Pharmacist111. Physician112. Social113. Speech and Language Pathologist114. Chaplain

Emily Chai, M.D., is Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Diane Meier, MD, FACP, is Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. Jane Morris, MS, RN, ACHPN, is the Clinical Coordinator for Palliative Care at New York Hospital, Queens, New York. Suzanne Goldhirsch, MA, MsED, is a Program Coordinator for Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.

Reviews for Geriatric Palliative Care

Any member of the health care team who is engaging with geriatric patients in need of palliative care would benefit from having this guide on the bookshelf. * R. Kevin Mallinson, Oxford University Press Journals: Gerontologist * This is a well-written, easy-to-read book. It covers many topics at a very basic level, making it an exceptional reference for students, trainees, and generalists. There are many other books specific to palliative care and to geriatrics, but none that blend the two. * Doody's Notes * I think this book provides a good coverage and it is very practical and useable. Given that we are encountering an increasing number of older adults in palliative care, this would be a useful book to have on the shelf for quick day-to-day reference, providing the geriatric perspective on the problems we encounter... Palliative Care Book of the Month * IAHPC Newsletter *


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