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Geriatric palliative care / edited by R. Sean Morrison, Diane E. Meier ; and deputy editor, Carol Capello.
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Title:Geriatric palliative care / edited by R. Sean Morrison, Diane E. Meier ; and deputy editor, Carol Capello.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Morrison, R. Sean (Rolfe Sean)
Meier, Diane E.
Capello, Carol.
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Published/Created:New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WT100 .G4745 2003
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Palliative treatment.
Terminal care.
Older people--Care.
Geriatrics.
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Medical Subjects: Geriatrics--methods.
Palliative Care--Aged.
Terminal Care--Aged.
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Description:xxx, 430 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:0195141911 (alk. paper)
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Contents:Introduction / R. Sean Morrison and Diane E. Meier
1. Variability in End-of-Life Care in the United States / John E. Wennberg, Megan McAndrew Cooper and Susan W. Tolle
2. Developmental Challenges and Opportunities for "Growth": The Inner Life at the End of Life / Robert N. Butler
3. Assessing Quality of Life and Quality of Dying in the Elderly: Implications for Clinical Practice of Palliative Medicine / J. Randall Curtis and Donald L. Patrick
4. The Place of Love in the Care of Persons with Advanced Dementia / Stephen G. Post
5. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration / Colleen Christmas and Tom Finucane
6. Age, Rationing, and Palliative Care / Daniel Callahan and Eva Topinkova
7. Ethical Aspects of Geriatric Palliative Care / Linda Emanuel, Madelyn A. Iris and James R. Webster
8. Respecting Diversity / Marion Danis and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
9. Frailty and its Implications for Care / Jeremy D. Walston and Linda P. Fried
10. Heart Disease / Julia M. Addington-Hall, Angie Rogers, Anne McCoy and J. Simon R. Gibbs
11. Cancer / Natalie R. Sacks and Janet L. Abrahm
12. Stroke: Prognosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation / Steven R. Flanagan and Stanley Tuhrim
13. Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases / Ellen Olson
14. Chronic Lung Disease and Lung Cancer / John P. Krcmarik, Thomas J. Prendergast, E. Wesley Ely and James R. Runo
15. End-Stage Renal Disease and Discontinuation of Dialysis / Lewis M. Cohen, Michael J. Germain and Maura J. Brennan
16. Pain / Bruce A. Ferrell and J. Elizabeth Whiteman
17. Dyspnea / Cynthia X. Pan
18. Gastrointestinal Symptoms / Nigel P. Sykes
19. Fatigue / Deborah Witt Sherman and Marianne LaPorte Matzo
20. Delirium, Anxiety, and Depression / Elizabeth Goy and Linda Ganzini
21. Advance Care Planning for Frail, Older Persons / Joan M. Teno
22. Doctor-Patient Communication / James A. Tulsky
23. Decision Making for the Cognitively Impaired / Timothy E. Quill and Robert McCann
24. Can We Make the Health-Care System Work? / Janice Lynch Schuster, Sarah Myers, Susan K. Rogers, Susan C. Emmer and Joanne Lynn
25. Palliative Care in the Nursing Home / John M. Carter and Eileen Chichin
26. Family Caregivers: Burdens and Opportunities / Carol Levine
27. Home Care for Frail, Older Adults / Knight Steel and Caroline Vitale
28. Hospital-Based Palliative Care / Daniel Fischberg and Diane E. Meier.