PALLIATIVE CARE IN NEUROLOGY

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-850843-4
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 69, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1068 g

Reihe: Contemporary Neurology Series

Palliative care is the duty of every neurologist: however, to date, this has not been a standard feature of neurological practice or training. This book helps define a new field, namely palliative care in neurology. It brings together all necessary information for neurologists caring for a patient with advance disease.

Palliative care is an approach to the management of patients with life-threatening illness that attempts to enhance comfort, relieve psychosocial and spiritual distress, assure respect for decision making, provide support for the family, and prepare the patient and family for the end of life. This unique book covers each of the many dimensions of palliative care as they relate to patients with advanced neurological disorders. Basic principles of palliative care and specific ethical issues
(such as euthanasia, food and hydration and advance directives) are covered. The needs of populations with specific neurological disorders are described and the management of symptoms that are common to all is explored in detail. Each chapter introduces its topic using a case report that may be used
directly for teaching purposes. The authors have put together an invaluable resource, which lays the foundation for further research in the field.

Zielgruppe

Neurologists both in practice and academia, palliative care physicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Voltz, Raymond

Bernat, James L.

Borasio, Gian Domenico

Maddocks, Ian

Oliver, David

Portenoy, Russell

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Neurochirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Palliativmedizin

Über Autor(innen)

RAYMOND VOLTZ, Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology and Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany, JAMES L. BERNAT, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Neurology Section, Lebanon, USA, GIAN D. BORASIO, Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Unit and Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, IAN MADDOCKS, Emeritus Professor, Flinders University of South Australia, Seacliffe, South Australia, DAVID OLIVER, Medical Director, Wisdom Hospice, Rochester, Kent, UK, and RUSSELL PORTENOY, Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, USA