Palliative and End of Life Care, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

Name: Palliative and End of Life Care, An Issue of Nursing Clinics
Brand: Saunders
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Mimi Mahon(Autor*in)

Saunders (Verlag)

Erschienen am 28. September 2010

285 Seiten

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Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Dedication
Symptom Management in Palliative Care and End of Life Care
Dyspnea
Constipation
Fatigue
Pain
Delirium
"I Want to Live, Until I don't Want to Live Anymore": Involving Children With Life-Threatening and Life-Shortening Illnesses in Decision Making About Care and Treatment
Cases
What needs to be considered when involving children in decisions about care and treatment
Clinical Decision Making in Palliative Care and End of Life Care
Components of decision making
Assessing Respiratory Distress When the Patient Cannot Report Dyspnea
Definitions
Prevalence of dyspnea and cognitive impairment at the end of life
Common self-report tools for assessing dyspnea
Behavioral assessment
Asphyxial threat
Autonomic nervous system activation
Fear activation
Fear activation by an asphyxial threat
Behaviors associated with respiratory distress
Fear and pulmonary stress behaviors to an asphyxial threat across cognitive states
Development and testing of a respiratory distress observation scale
Summary
Appendix Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS)
Sickle Cell Disease: An Opportunity for Palliative Care Across the Life Span
Ecological model of care for people with SCD
Barriers to Effective Palliative Care for Low-Income Patients in Late Stages of Cancer: Report of a Study and Strategies for Defining and Conquering the Barriers
Barriers study
Barriers to palliative care in low-income patients with late stages of cancer
Overcoming the barriers
Summary
End-Stage Liver Disease: Challenges and Practice Implications
Complications of end-stage liver disease
Is a Good Death Possible After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy?
Methodology
Results
Discussion
The important role of health care providers in achieving good deaths
Limitations
Summary
Recruiting for End of Life Research: Lessons Learned in Family Research
Recruitment process
Benefits of participation
Barriers to participation
Recommendations for recruitment
Personal Relationships and Communication Messages at the End of Life
Love and Gratitude
Forgiveness
Helping Parents Make and Survive End of Life Decisions for Their Seriously Ill Child
Background
Clinical contextual features influencing parental end-of-life decision making
Factors influencing parental end-of-life treatment decision making
Relational model of end-of-life treatment decision making
Revised evidence-based practice guidelines for facilitating parental end-of-life treatment decision making
Summary
Acknowledgments
Living with Cancer: Perspectives on a Five Year Journey
The beginning
Hospitalization
Discharge
Treatment and recovery
Maintenance therapy
Remission
Recurrence
Palliative care and caregiving
Summary
Epilogue
Index

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