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Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care: Systemic Reviews and Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines for 15 Common Problems in Patients with Life Limiting Disease book cover

1st Edition

Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care Systemic Reviews and Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines for 15 Common Problems in Patients with Life Limiting Disease

Edited By Arthur G. Lipman, Kenneth C. Jackson II, Linda S. Tyler Copyright 2000
266 Pages
by CRC Press

266 Pages
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press
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Make your patients’final days as comfortable as possible! There are few situations more challenging and emotionally taxing to a medical professional than the care of the terminally ill. Much has been learned in recent years about symptom control that can profoundly improve the quality of life in a patient's final days. Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care: Systemic Reviews and... Read more
Contents
  • Foreword: Format of the Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Evidence-Based Palliative Care
  • Anorexia and Cachexia in Palliative Care
  • Anxiety in Palliative Care Patients
  • Bleeding Problems in Palliative Care Patients
  • Constipation in Palliative Care Patients
  • Delirium in Palliative Care Patients
  • Depression in Palliative Care Patients
  • Diarrhea in Palliative Care Patients
  • Dyspnea in Palliative Care Patients
  • Instructions for Authors
  • Fatigue in Palliative Care Patients
  • Oral Mucosal Problems in Palliative Care Patients
  • Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care Patients
  • Nutrition and Hydration Problems in Palliative Care Patients
  • APPENDICES
  • Advances in Evidence-Based Information Resources for Clinical Practice
  • The Cochrane Collaboration and Library: Accessing the Best Evidence Through Systematic Reviews
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included     

Biography

Arthur G. Lipman, PharmD, FASHP, is Professor in the College of Pharmacy, directs clinical pharmacology in the Pain Management Center and serves on the Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Advisory Group of the Huntsman Cancer Center at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. He is a past president of the Utah State Cancer Pain Initiative, a member of the Board of Directors of the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives and a member of the Ethics Task Force of the American Pain Society American Academy of Pain Medicine. Kenneth C. Jackson II, PharmD, is Manager for Clinical Pharmacy Services at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital and on the clinical faculty at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Jackson currently is Co-Chair of the Mississippi Cancer Pain Initiative. Linda S. Tyler, PharmD, FASHP, is Professor at College of Pharmacy and Manager of Drug Information Services at University Hospitals and Clinics of the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. She currently serves on the United States Pharmacopeia Pharmacy Practice Advisory Panel and the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Section of Clinical Specialists Board of Directors

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