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    Topics in palliative care / edited by Russell K. Portenoy, Eduardo Bruera.

    • Title:Topics in palliative care / edited by Russell K. Portenoy, Eduardo Bruera.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Portenoy, Russell K.
      Bruera, Eduardo.
    • Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 1997-2001.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Cancer--Palliative treatment.
    • Medical Subjects: Palliative Care.
      Neoplasms--drug therapy.
      Pain--drug therapy.
    • Description:5 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
    • Notes:Editor Bruera appears first on t.p. of v. 2 & 5.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0195102444 (v. 1 ; alk. paper)
      9780195102444 (v. 1 ; alk. paper)
      0195102452 (v. 2)
      9780195102451 (v. 2)
      0195102460 (v. 3)
      9780195102468 (v. 3)
      019513219X (v. 4)
      9780195132199 (v. 4)
      0195132203 (v. 5)
      9780195132205 (v. 5)
    • Contents:v. 1.I. Delirium in Cancer Patients
      Introduction: Critical Issues in the Assessment of Delirium / Russell K. Portenoy. 1. Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Delirium / Jane Ingham and William Breitbart. 2. Assessment and Management of Reversible Delirium / Noemi D. de Stoutz and Fritz Stiefel. 3. Counseling the Confused Patient and the Family / Claudia Borreani, Augusto Caraceni and Marcello Tamburini
      II. Gastrointestinal Disorders in Patients with Advanced Cancer
      Introduction: A Call for Research to Elucidate Causes, Assessment, and Management of Common Gastrointestinal Symptoms / Eduardo Bruera. 4. Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders in Patients with Advanced Cancer / Carla Ripamonti and Carlos Rodriguez. 5. Assessment and Management of Opioid-Induced Constipation / Susan Derby and Russell K. Portenoy. 6. Assessment and Management of Mechanical Bowel Obstruction / Sebastiano Mercadante
      III. Advances in the Pharmacotherapy of Pain.
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