PALLIATIVE CARE PERSPECTIVES
James L. Hallenbeck
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Oxford University Press, 2003
232pp
ISBN 0195165780
RRP $US24.95 £19.95
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This is one palliative care physician’s synthesis of both the art and science of palliative care. It is distinguished by the use
of clinical stories to introduce or illustrate clinical problems, and by the inclusion of boxed ‘Palliative Care Notes’, which are clinical pearls.
Chapters cover the history and philosophy of palliative care, pain and symptom management, ethical issues, psychosocial and spiritual
aspects of care, communication, and how to manage the final 48 hours.
This is not a palliative care treatment manual, but a discussion of palliative care that is both insightful and clinically practical.
It will be particularly useful as an introduction for doctors and nurses coming to the field of palliative care, but will also be valuable to more experienced practitioners to ponder and to use
in their teaching.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care. Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(May 2004)
Author Information
Dr. Hallenbeck is Director of Palliative Care Services at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
Table of Contents
1. Death and dying in modern times
2. Dying trajectories and prognostications
3. Symptom management – overview
4. Pain management
5. Non-pain symptom management
6. Special therapeutic issues: Hydration, Nutrition, and Antibiotics in End-of-Life Care
7. Psychosocial and spiritual aspects of care
8. Communication
9. Working the system and making a difference
10. Palliative care consults
11. The final 48 hours
Index
