| Contributors ................................................................................................... |
iii |
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| Contents ........................................................................................................ |
vii |
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| Forward ......................................................................................................... |
ix |
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| Preface .......................................................................................................... |
xi |
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| Acknowledgments .......................................................................................... |
xiii |
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| Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice ........................................................... |
xv |
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| Generic Medications and Brand-Name Equivalents ............................................ |
xxi |
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| Advance Directives ......................................................................................... |
3 |
| Anemia .......................................................................................................... |
11 |
| Anorexia, Cachexia, and Nutrition Support ........................................................ |
15 |
| Anxiety ......................................................................................................... |
27 |
| Ascites .......................................................................................................... |
37 |
| Bleeding ........................................................................................................ |
45 |
| Bowel Obstruction .......................................................................................... |
49 |
| Caregiver Issues ............................................................................................. |
55 |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Integrative Medicine ...................... |
61 |
| Constipation ................................................................................................... |
71 |
| Cough ........................................................................................................... |
75 |
| Cultural Competence ...................................................................................... |
83 |
Death and Dying ............................................................................................. |
89 |
| Dehydration .................................................................................................... |
95 |
| Delirium ......................................................................................................... |
99 |
| Depression .................................................................................................... |
105 |
| Diarrhea ......................................................................................................... |
111 |
| Edema .......................................................................................................... |
125 |
| Fatigue .......................................................................................................... |
131 |
| Fever ............................................................................................................. |
139 |
| Funeral Planning ............................................................................................ |
143 |
| Grief and Bereavement .................................................................................... |
151 |
| Hiccups ......................................................................................................... |
159 |
| Infection ........................................................................................................ |
165 |
| Insomnia ........................................................................................................ |
171 |
| Lymphedema ................................................................................................. |
179 |
| Mucositis ....................................................................................................... |
187 |
| Nausea and Vomiting ...................................................................................... |
193 |
| Pain .............................................................................................................. |
205 |
| Palliative Care ................................................................................................ |
211 |
| Palliative Sedation ......................................................................................... |
217 |
| Pruritus ......................................................................................................... |
223 |
| Seizures ........................................................................................................ |
231 |
| Sexuality ....................................................................................................... |
235 |
| Skin Lesions .................................................................................................. |
241 |
| Urinary Elimination ......................................................................................... |
251 |
| Xerostomia .................................................................................................... |
259 |
| Zoster (Varicella Zoster Virus—Shingles) ........................................................... |
265 |
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| Appendices ................................................................................................... |
269 |
| Appendix A. Polypharmacy in Palliative Care .................................................... |
271 |
| Appendix B. Principles of Pharmacokinetic Drug Interactions ............................. |
277 |
| Appendix C. Internet Resources ....................................................................... |
283 |
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| Index ............................................................................................................. |
285 |
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