Case Studies in Palliative and End–of–Life Care
Samenvatting
Case Studies in Palliative and End–of–Life Care uses a case–based approach to provide students and practitioners with an important learning tool to improve critical thinking skills and encourage discussion toward improving experiences for patients and their families.
The book is organized into three sections covering subjects related to communication, symptom management, and family care. Each case is presented in a consistent, logical format for ease of use, highlighting key evidence–based concepts including the case history, care setting, diagnosis and prognosis, assessment, treatment considerations, and family support. A key reference,
Case Studies in Palliative and End–of–Life Care is an invaluable resource for clinicians who provide palliative care to patients with life–limiting illnesses and those at the end of life along with their families.
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<p>Introduction xii</p>
<p>Margaret L. Campbell</p>
<p>Section 1 Communication Case Studies 1</p>
<p>Case 1.1 Communicating about a Progressive Diagnosis and Prognosis 5<br />Julia A. Walch</p>
<p>Case 1.2 Diagnosis/Prognosis Uncomplicated Death at Home 12<br />Constance Dahlin</p>
<p>Case 1.3 Accommodating Religiosity and Spirituality in Medical Decision–Making 18<br />Jennifer Gentry</p>
<p>Case 1.4 Discussing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation When it May Be Useful 26<br />Kelli Gershon</p>
<p>Case 1.5 Discussing CPR When it is a Non–Beneficial Intervention 33<br />Judy Passaglia</p>
<p>Case 1.6 Discussing Brain Death, Organ Donation, and Donation after Cardiac Death 41<br />Christine Westphal and Rebecca Williams</p>
<p>Case 1.7 Discussing Physiological Futility 52<br />Judy C. Wheeler</p>
<p>Case 1.8 Wounded Families: Decision–Making in the Setting of Stressed Coping and Maladaptive Behaviors in Health Crises 60<br />Kerstin McSteen</p>
<p>Case 1.9 Notification of an Expected Death 68<br />Peg Nelson</p>
<p>Case 1.10 Death Notification after Unexpected Death 73<br />Garrett K. Chan</p>
<p>Section 2 Symptom Management Case Studies 83</p>
<p>Case 2.1 Pain: Cancer in the Home 87<br />Constance Dahlin</p>
<p>Case 2.2 Treating an Acute, Severe, Cancer Pain Exacerbation 98<br />Patrick J. Coyne</p>
<p>Case 2.3 Pain and Advanced Heart Failure 104<br />Margaret L. Campbell</p>
<p>Case 2.4 Dyspnea and Advanced COPD 110<br />Margaret L. Campbell</p>
<p>Case 2.5 Dyspnea and Heart Failure 117<br />Garrett K. Chan</p>
<p>Case 2.6 Treating Dyspnea during Ventilator Withdrawal 128<br />Margaret L. Campbell</p>
<p>Case 2.7 Cough Associated with COPD and Lung Cancer 138<br />Peg Nelson</p>
<p>Case 2.8 Hiccups and Advanced Illness 145<br />Marian Grant</p>
<p>Case 2.9 Treating Nausea Associated with Advanced Cancer 152<br />Judy C. Wheeler</p>
<p>Case 2.10 Nausea Associated with Bowel Obstruction 161<br />Terri L. Maxwell</p>
<p>Case 2.11 Nausea Related to Uremia, Dialysis Cessation 168<br />Linda M. Gorman</p>
<p>Case 2.12 Opioid–Induced Pruritus 176<br />Richelle Nugent Hooper</p>
<p>Case 2.13 Pruritus in End–Stage Renal Disease 183<br />Linda M. Gorman</p>
<p>Case 2.14 Opioid–Induced Constipation 190<br />Grace Cullen Oligario</p>
<p>Case 2.15 Depression in Advanced Disease 198<br />Todd Hultman</p>
<p>Case 2.16 Treating Anxiety 205<br />Darrell Owens</p>
<p>Case 2.17 Terminal Secretions 213<br />Terri L. Maxwell</p>
<p>Case 2.18 Fungating Wounds and the Palliative Care Patient 220<br />Laura C. Harmon</p>
<p>Case 2.19 Pressure Ulcer Care in Palliative Care 229<br />Laura C. Harmon</p>
<p>Case 2.20 Treating Ascites 239<br />Darrell Owens</p>
<p>Case 2.21 Delirium Management in Palliative Care 247<br />Kerstin McSteen</p>
<p>Section 3 Family Care Case Studies 257</p>
<p>Case 3.1 Caring for the Family Expecting a Loss 259<br />Patricia A. Murphy and David M. Price</p>
<p>Case 3.2 Anticipatory Grief and the Dysfunctional Family 266<br />Rita J. DiBiase</p>
<p>Case 3.3 Acute and Uncomplicated Grief after an Expected Death 277<br />Rita J. DiBiase</p>
<p>Case 3.4 Bereavement after Unexpected Death 289<br />Garrett K. Chan</p>
<p>Case 3.5 Complicated Grief 300<br />Rita J. DiBiase</p>
<p>Index 309</p>

