Topics in Palliative Care, Volume 1

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Russell K. Portenoy, Eduardo Bruera
Oxford University Press, 1997 - 1997 pages

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Contents

Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Delirium
7
Assessment and Management of Reversible Delirium
21
Counseling the Confused Patient and the Family
45
Gastrointestinal Disorders in Patients
55
Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders in Patients with
61
Assessment and Management of OpioidInduced Constipation
95
PHYLLIS N BUTOW PH D University of Utah Health Sciences
111
Assessment and Management of Mechanical Bowel Obstruction
113
The Emerging Role of the Fentanyl Series in the Treatment
177
A Role for Sequential
195
Psychosocial Adaptation to Cancer
205
Characteristics and Assessment
213
National Cancer Institute Center
237
The Family as a Unit of Treatment
245
Denial Misinformation and the Assault of Truth
263
Clinical Response to Spiritual Issues
279

Basic Principles
137
Clinical Implications of Morphine Metabolites
163

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