Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease. For example, cancer, chronic cardiac and pulmonary disease, progressive neuromuscular disorders and degenerative disorders all give rise to varying degrees of respiratory distress which adversely affects the patient's quality of life. In recent years, there has been significant growth into the palliation of respiratory symptoms leading to practical ways of giving relief in hospices, hospitals and at home.
The second edition of this popular title in the Supportive Care series includes non-malignant respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis in AIDS patients, cystic fibrosis and ventilator-dependent patients, and focuses on aetiology and diagnosis and management, emphasising symptoms, quality of life and psychosocial support. The underlying theme of the book is the application of modern research-based knowledge, in a humane way, for patients with advancing disease.
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This book provides comprehensive, accurate, and useful information for the care of patients with respiratory diseases and conditions. It thoroughly discusses the physiology of disease progression and appropriate therapies, as well as inappropriate or minimally helpful treatments. The research]based information is valuable not only in patient care, but also in the education of students, residents, and practitioners in all fields of healthcare. * Doody's Review * This book is best when it comes to advising on care measures in cystic fibrosis, malignant diseases, daily activities by dyspnea and conversations between therapist and patient at end of life. * Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association * This is an exciting book for anyone with an interest in the supportive care of respiratory symptoms/disease, which contains excellent material from respected authors in this area. For professionals in the respiratory field, it covers the essentials of palliative care and for palliative care specialists, it covers the respiratory field in some depth. * European Journal of Palliative Care, Feb 2013 *
Edited by Sam H. Ahmedzai, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Academic Unit of Supportive Care, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK, David R. Baldwin, Consultant Physician in General and Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, UK, and David C. Currow, Professor of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University; Flinders Centre for Clinical Change, Flinders University and Institute of Palliative and Supportive Care Research, Australia
Contributors:
Sam H. Ahmedzai, Head of Academic Unit of Supportive Care and Honorary Consultant Physician, University of Sheffield, UK
Martin F. Muers, Consultant Physician, Leeds Chest Clinic, Leeds General Infirmary, UK
Michael E. Hyland, Professor of Health Psychology, School Of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK
Samantha C. Sodergren, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK
Sarah Willis, Research fellow in Health Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Jeremy B. Richards, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Richard M. Schwartzstein, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Ingrid Harle, Queen's Palliative Care Medicine Program, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Deborah Dudgeon, Queen's Palliative Care Medicine Program, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
David C. Currow, Professor, Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Australia
Amy P. Abernethy, Associate Professor of Medicine, Discipline of Palliative and Supportive Services,
Flinders University, Australia; Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), Durham, USA
Christine McDonald, Professor and Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health and Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia
James Ward, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia
Sally Singh, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department, Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester, UK
Louise Sewell, Senior Pulmonary Rehabilitation Specialist, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK
Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
DorAnne Donesky-Cuenco, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Dyspnea Research Group, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Josep M. Argilés, Cancer Research Group, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Sílvia Busquets, Cancer Research Group, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Mireia Olivan, Cancer Research Group, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Francisco J. López-Soriano, Cancer Research Group, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Mary McGregor, CT2 Medicine, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, UK
David R. Baldwin, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Respiratory Medicine Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals, UK
John Shneerson, Consultant Physician, Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre, Papworth Hospital, UK
Julie Moore, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department, Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester, UK
Ian D. Pavord, Consultant Physician and Honorary Professor of Medicine, Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK
Alyn H. Morice, Professor, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Cardiovascular & Respiratory Studies, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK
Elaine Cachia, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sheffield, UK
Jason Boland, Academic Unit of Supportive Care, The University of Sheffield, UK
Andrew Clayton, Department of Respiratory Medicine, David Evans Centre, Nottingham City Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals, UK
Jennifer Chard
Peter Hoskin, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, and Professor of Oncology, University College London, UK
Gary T. Buckholz, Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, USA
Charles F. von Gunten, Provost, Center for Palliative Studies, San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care, University of California, San Diego, USA
Fabio Fulfaro, Medical Oncology Operative Unit, University of Palmero, Palmero, Italy
Carla Ripamonti, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Division, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
Herausgeber*in
Professor of Palliative Medicine, Academic Unit of Supportive Care, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK
Consultant Physician in General and Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, UK
Professor of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University; Flinders Centre for Clinical Change, Flinders University and Institute of Palliative and Supportive Care Research, Australia
