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Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children (Liben, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children)

ISBN: 0198526539
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 47

Authors: Ann Goldman, Richard Hain, Stephen Liben

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• Cover
• Editors and Authors
• Disclaimer
• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• Contents
• 1 - Development and epidemiology
• 2 - The child s journey - Transition from health to ill-health
• 3 - Communication
• 4 - Ethics
• 6 - The spiritual life
• 7 - Children s views of death
• 8 - Psychological impact of life-limiting conditions on the child
• 9 - Adolescents and young adults
• 10 - Children expressing themselves
• 11 - School
• 13 - Impact of life-limiting illness on the family
• 14 - After the child s death - Family care
• 15 - Bereavement
• 16 - Ritual and religion
• 17 - Symptoms in life-threatening illness - Overview and assessment
• 18 - Using medications
• 19 - Pain - An introduction
• 20 - Pain - Assessment
• 21 - Pain - pharmacological management
• 22 - Pain - an integrative approach
• 23 - Gastrointestinal symptoms
• 24 - Feeding in palliative care
• 25 - Depression, anxiety, anger and delirium
• 26 - Neurological and neuromuscular symptoms
• 27 - Respiratory symptoms
• 28 - Skin symptoms
• 29 - Haematological symptoms
• 30 - HIV, AIDS
• 31 - Complementary and alternative medicine
• 32 - Symptom control at the end-of-life
• 33 - Working as a team
• 34 - Healthcare providers responses to the death of a child
• 35 - Place of care
• 36 - Intensive care units
• 37 - International aspects
• 38 - Quality assurance
• 39 - Education and training
• 40 - Research
• Appendix - Drug doses