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| The Palliative Care Approach | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Philosophy-From "Cure" to "Comfort" | |
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| The Transition from "Diagnose and Treat" to "Palliate" | |
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| Historical Perspective: What Has Changed? | |
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| Cultural Diversity In End-Of-Life Care | |
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| Planning for Diverse Populations | |
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| African American Culture & End-of-Life | |
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| Hispanic Views on Death & Dying | |
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| Understanding the Jewish Culture | |
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| Mourning in the Asian Culture | |
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| Death Practices in the Muslim Culture | |
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| Building Cultural Bridges with Other Cultures | |
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| Approach To The Patient | |
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| Delivering Bad News | |
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| The Family Conference | |
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| Dealing with Anger | |
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| The Spiritual Assessment | |
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| Giving Realistic Hope | |
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| The "DNR" or "AND" Discussion in Seriously Ill Patients | |
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| Advanced Directives in Health Care | |
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| Decision-Making Ability | |
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| Goal Setting | |
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| The Hospice Conversation | |
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| Telling the Children | |
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| What if a Patient Asked You to Pray? | |
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| Death Pronouncement | |
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| Completing the Death Certificate | |
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| Informing Significant Others of a Patient's Death | |
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| Writing a Condolence Letter | |
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| Caring for the Family | |
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| Predicting Life Expectancy | |
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| "How Long Do I Have?" | |
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| Guidelines for Hospice | |
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| Physician Prediction of Life Expectancy | |
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| Palliative Performance Score | |
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| Delivery Of Palliative Care | |
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| The Hospital Palliative Care Unit | |
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| Consulting in the Hospital | |
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| Hospice in Delivery of Palliative Care | |
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| Terminal Care | |
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| The Syndrome of Imminent Death | |
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| Near Death Awareness (NDA) | |
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| Terminal Delirium | |
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| Nonpain Symptom Management | |
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| Tips for Maximizing Chances of Success | |
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| Dyspnea, Air Hunger, Shortness of Air | |
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| Oral Care Basics | |
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| Pain Control | |
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| Myths About Opioid Use | |
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| Legal Liability of UnderTreating Pain | |
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| Principles of Pain Management | |
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| Assessment of Pain | |
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| Converting One Opioid to Another (Equianalgesic Dosing) | |
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| Opioid Dose Escalation | |
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| Managing Opioid Side Effects | |
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| Opioid Withdrawal | |
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| Morphine | |
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| Hydrocodone for Pain | |
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| Oxycodone for Pain | |
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| Palliative Interventions | |
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| Tube Feeding in Palliative Care | |
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| Palliative Chemotherapy | |
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| Palliative Radiation | |
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| "Response Rate" in Cancer Chemotherapy | |
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| Ventilator Withdrawal | |
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| Bowel Obstruction | |
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| Treating the "Death Rattle" | |
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| Aggressive Wound Management | |
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| The Palliative Pediatric Patient | |
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| Children and Death | |
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| Neonatal Population | |
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| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | |
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| Pediatric Withdrawal of Life Support | |
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| The Dying Adolescent | |
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| Charting | |
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| Documentation in Palliative Care | |
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| Coding & Billing for Hospice/Palliative Care | |
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| Ethics At The End Of Life | |
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| Ethics & Legal Issues | |
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| Hastened Death: The Rule of Double Effect | |
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| When to Stop-Medical Futility | |
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| Caring for Yourself and Avoiding Burnout | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Index | |