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The IAHPC Manual of Palliative Care
2nd Edition

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  I. Principles and Practice of Palliative Care

• DEFINITIONS
• FAQS
• THE NEED FOR PALLIATIVE CARE
• THE GOALS OF PALLIATIVE CARE
• PALLIATIVE CARE AND SUFFERING: INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE
• MULTIDISCIPLINARY and INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAMS
• PRINCIPLES OF PALLIATIVE CARE
• COMMUNICATION WITH PATIENTS
• ADVANCE CARE PLANNING
• MODELS OF CARE
• INTEGRATION of PALLIATIVE CARE into CLINICAL CARE
• BARRIERS to PALLIATIVE CARE

 II. Ethical Issues

• PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL ETHICS
• COMMUNICATION AND DISCLOSURE
• WITHHOLDING AND WITHDRAWING TREATMENTS
• ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION
• ARTIFICIAL HYDRATION
• EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
• ETHICS IN RESEARCH
• JUSTICE AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION

 III. Pain

 IV. Symptom Control

RESPIRATORY

• breathlessness
• cough
• terminal respiratory congestion

GASTROINTESTINAL

• nausea and vomiting
• bowel obstruction
• constipation

CONSTITUTIONAL

• anorexia
• weight loss
• weakness and fatigue

NEUROLOGICAL

• acute confusion and delirium
• terminal restlessness

 V. Psychosocial

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS

DEPRESSION

ANXIETY

SPIRITUAL AND EXISTENTIAL DISTRESS

 VI. Organizational Aspects of Palliative Care

HOW TO START A PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICE

REGULATION AND ACCREDITATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE

EDUCATION AND TRAING FOR SERVICE STAFF

EXTERNAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

INFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT PALLIATIVE CARE

STRESS IN PALLIATIVE CARE

  Abbreviations

©2008 Published by IAHPC Press

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