Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine

media; SECTION 7: RESEARCH IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 7.1 Research in palliative care: getting started; 7.2 The principles of evidence-based medicine; 7.3 Clinical trials in palliative care; 7.4 Qualitative research; 7.5 Research into psychosocial issues; 7.6 Ethical issues in palliative care research; 7.7 Measurement of pain and other symptoms; 7.8 Quality of life measurement in palliative medicine - principles and practice; 7.9 Measurement of pain and other symptoms in the cognitively impaired; 7.10 Clinical and organisational audit and quality improvement in palliative medicine; SECTION 8: PRINCIPLES OF DRUG USE IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 8.1 Principles of drug use in palliative medicine; SECTION 9: DISEASE MODIFYING MANAGEMENT IN ADVANCED CANCER; 9.1 The medical treatment of cancer in palliative care; 9.2 Radiotherapy in symptom management; 9.3 The role of general surgery in the palliative care of patients with cancer; 9.4 The role of orthopaedic surgery in the palliative care of patients with cancer; 9.5 The role of interventional radiology in the palliative care of patients with cancer; SECTION 10: THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMON SYMPTOMS AND DISORDERS; 10.1: THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN; 10.1.1 Pathophysiology of pain in cancer and other terminal diseases; 10.1.2 Pain assessment and cancer pain syndromes; 10.1.3 Neuropathic pain; 10.1.4 Cancer induced bone pain; 10.1.5 Breakthrough pain; 10.1.6 Opioid analgesic therapy; 10.1.7 Non-opioid analgesics; 10.1.8 Adjuvant analgesics in pain management; 10.1.9 Injections, neural blockade, and implant therapies for pain control; 10.1.10 The role of surgical neuroablation for pain control; 10.1.11 Treating pain with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; 10.1.12 Acupuncture; 10.1.13 Psychological and psychiatric interventions in pain control; 10.2 GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYMPTOMS; 10.2.1 Palliation of nausea and vomiting; 10.2.2 Dysphagia, dyspepsia and hiccup; 10.2.3 Constipation and diarrhoea; 10.2.4 Pathophysiology and management of malignant bowel obstruction; 10.2.5 Jaundice, ascites and hepatic encephalopathy; 10.3 WEIGHT LOSS IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 10.3.1 Classification and pathophysiology of the anorexia/cachexia syndrome; 10.3.2 Classification, clinical assessment and treatment of the anorexia-cachexia syndrome; 10.4 FATIGUE AND ASTHENIA; 10.4 Fatigue and asthenia; 10.5 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ANAEMIA, CYTOPENIAS AND THROMBOSIS IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 10.5 Clinical management of anaemia, cytopenias and thrombosis in palliative medicine; 10.6 PRURITUS AND SWEATING IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 10.6 Pruritus and sweating in palliative medicine; 10.7 SKIN PROBLEMS IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 10.7.1 Medical aspects; 10.7.2 Nursing aspects; 10.7.3 Lymphoedema; 10.8 GENITO-URINARY PROBLEMS IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 10.8 Genito-urinary problems in palliative medicine; 10.9 MOUTH CARE; 10.9 Mouth care; 10.10 ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC COMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED CANCER; 10.10 Endocrine and metabolic complications of advanced cancer; 10.11 NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN ADVANCED CANCER; 10.11 Neurological problems in advanced cancer; 10.12 SLEEP IN PALLIATIVE CARE; 10.12 Sleep in palliative care; 10.13 WITHDRAWING LIFE SUPPORT - CLINICAL ADVICE FOR CHALLENGING SCENARIOS; 10.13 Withdrawing life support - clinical advice for challenging scenarios; 10.14 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF BLEEDING COMPLICATIONS; 10.14 Clinical management of bleeding complications; SECTION 11: ISSUES IN SPECIFIC NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; 11.1 Palliative medicine in malignant respiratory diseases; 11.2 Head and neck cancer; 11.3 Brain tumours; SECTION 12: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE IN NON-MALIGNANT DISEASE; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 AIDS in adults; 12.3 Palliative medicine and non-malignant, end-stage respiratory disease; 12.4 Palliative medicine for patients with end-stage heart disease; 12.5 Palliative medicine in non-malignant neurological disorders; 12.6 Palliative medicine in end-stage renal failure; 12.7 Palliative medicine in intensive care; SECTION 13: PAEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 13.1 Special consideration for children in palliative medicine; 13.2 Paediatric pain control; 13.3 Symptom control in life-threatening illness in children; 13.4 Psychological adaptation of the dying child; 13.5 Bereavement issues and staff support when caring for children; SECTION 14: GERIATRIC PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 14.1 Palliative medicine in dementia; 14.2 Palliative medicine and care of the elderly; SECTION 15: PSYCHIATRIC, PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 15.1 Sprititual issues in palliative medicine; 15.2 The emotional problems of the patient in palliative medicine; 15.3 The family perspective; 15.4 The stress of professional caregivers; 15.5 Psychiatric symptoms in palliative medicine; 15.6 Bereavement; SECTION 16: REHABILITATION IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 16.1 Rehabilitation in palliative medicine; SECTION 17: COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 17.1 Complementary therapies in palliative medicine; SECTION 18: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE IN THE HOME; 18.1 Palliative medicine in the home: an overview; 18.2 Palliative medicine in the home: North America; SECTION 19: THE TERMINAL PHASE; 19.1 The terminal phase; 19.2 Sedation in palliative medicine; SECTION 20: EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; 20.1 Introduction; 20.2 Postgraduate education in palliative medicine; 20.3 Training specialists in palliative medicine; 20.4 The role of the humanities in palliative medicine; 20.5 Informatics and palliative medicine