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• Title:Dx/Rx. Palliative cancer care / V. Tim Malhotra, Natalie Moryl.
  
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• Variant Title:Palliative cancer care
  
• Author/Creator:Malhotra, V. Tim.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Moryl, Natalie.
  
• Published/Created:Sudbury, Mass. ; Toronto : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ©2006.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ266 .M345 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cancer--Palliative treatment.
  Cancer pain--Treatment.
  
• Medical Subjects: Neoplasms--therapy.
  Pain--drug therapy.
  Palliative Care--methods.
  Physician-Patient Relations.
  Terminal Care--methods.
  
• Description:ix, 144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
  
• Series:Jones and Bartlett Publishers Dx/Rx oncology series.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0763726397
  9780763726393
  
• Contents:1. Pain and cancer
  2. Classifying pain
  3. How to do a pain consult
  4. Overview of pain medication types
  5. Opioid conversions
  6. Choosing medications
  7. Methadone
  8. Choosing procedures
  9. Special situations
  10. Definition of palliative care
  11. oncologist and palliative care
  12. Communication
  13. Symptom management : gastrointestinal symptoms
  14. Symptom management : dyspnea, depression, fatigue, and delirium
  15. Sedation in the imminently dying
  16. Suffering in the physician
  17. Challenges and opportunities for the physician
  18. Guidelines in the care of the dying patient
  19. Racial and cultural barriers to palliative care.