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• Title:The hospice companion : best practices for interdisciplinary care of advanced illness / [edited by] Perry G. Fine ; associate editor, Matthew Kestenbaum.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Fine, P. G. (Perry G.), editor.
  Kestenbaum, Matthew, editor.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
  ©2016
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB39 .H828 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: Hospice care--Standards--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Palliative treatment--Standards--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Terminal care--Standards--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Medical Subjects:Hospice Care--methods.
  Palliative Care--methods.
  Patient Care Team.
  Terminally Ill--psychology.
  
• Genre/Form: Handbooks and manuals.
  
• Edition:Third edition.
  
• Description:xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  
• Summary:"The Hospice Companion is a guide to the processes of care during the intensive, interpersonal experiences of hospice work. This resource highlights the mission and values of modern-day hospice through the individual and combined efforts of the field's most valuable asset, the hospice professional. This easy-to-navigate clinical decision support tool for caregivers of those with life-limiting illnesses allows for personal and professional growth and a deeply gratifying sense of accomplishment as you proceed in the all-important work of caring for the dying. The third edition of The Hospice Companion features a thoroughly current guide to clinical processes and symptom management, providing hospice professionals with a concise summary of changes that have influenced clinical practice over the last several years. Moreover, feedback from hospice social workers has been incorporated into the section on personal, social, and environmental processes and guidance on integrative and non-pharmacologic interventions have been added."--Publisher's website.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780190456900 paperback
  0190456906 paperback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. General Processes
  Palliative Care at the End of Life: Blending Structure and Function
  Interdisciplinary Team (IDT)
  Documentation
  1. Personal, Social, and Environmental Processes
  Abuse in the Home
  Advance Care Planning and Directives for Health-care Interventions
  Changes in Body Image and Loss of Independence
  Changes in Family Dynamics
  Completing Worldly Business and Life Closure
  Controlled Substances: Misuse and Abuse
  Cultural Differences: Respect, Understanding, and Adapting Care
  Denial
  Grief Reactions
  Living Environment, Finances, and Support Systems
  Basic Home Safety
  Suicide: Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Coping If It Happens
  3. Clinical Processes and Symptom Management
  Agitation and Anxiety
  Air Hunger (Dyspnea)
  Anorexia and Cachexia
  Belching and Burping (Eructation)
  Bleeding, Draining, and Malodorous Lesions
  Confusion/Delirium
  Constipation
  Coughing
  Depression
  Diarrhea and Anorectal Problems
  Dysphagia and Oropharyngeal Problems
  Edema: Peripheral Edema, Ascites, and Lymphedema
  Fatigue, Weakness (Aesthenia), and Excessive Sedation
  Fever, Flushing, and Diaphoresis
  Hiccups
  Imminent Death
  Insomnia and Nocturnal Restlessness
  Nausea and Vomiting
  Pain
  Pruritus
  Seizures
  Skeletal Muscle and Bladder Spasms
  Skin Breakdown: Prevention and Treatment
  Urinary Problems
  Xerostomia (Dry Mouth)
  4. Appendices
  Appendix 1 Palliative Radiation Therapy in End-of-Life Care: Evidence-Based Utilization
  Appendix 2 Principles of Pharmacotherapy
  Appendix 3 Ketamine Protocol
  Appendix 4 Clinical/Functional Assessment and Staging
  Appendix 5 Anticoagulation.