Topics in Palliative Care, Volume 1Russell 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 |
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