The third book in a series devoted to research and practice in palliative care. The four topics covered in this volume are Paediatric Palliative Care, The Management of Bone Pain, Psychopathology in Patients with Cancer, Skin Disorders and Their Management. The contributors present and evaluate existing data, provide a context drawn from both clinical and research settings, and integrate knowledge in a manner that is both practical and readable for palliative care specialists andhospice providers.
Section 1:: Paediatric Palliative Care; Editors Note:: Pediatric Palliative Care:: A Field in Evolution; Focus:: Pharmacologic Management of Pediatric Cancer Pain; Focus:: Families in Pediatric Palliative Care; Focus:: Teatment of Symptoms Other than Pain in Pediatric Palliative Care; Section 2:: The Management of Bone Pain; Editors Note:: Bone Pain:: Defining the Need for New Approaches; Introduction:: The Management of Bone Pain; Focus:: The Role of Biphosphonates and Other Bone Resorption Inhibitors in Metastatic Bone Pain; Focus:: Surgical Palliation of Malignant Bone Pain; Section 3:: Psychopathology in Patients with Cancer; Editors Note:: Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with Progressive Medical Disease. The Importance of Diagnosis; Introduction:: Psychiatric Disorders in Cancer Patients; Focus:: From Sadness to Major Depression:: Assessment and Management in Patients with Cancer; Focus:: Symptom Control in Patients with Severe Character Pathology; Section 4:: Skin Disorders and Their Management; Editors Note:: Medical and Psychosocial Implications of Skin Disorders; Introduction:: Palliative Care and the Clinical Approach to Disorders of the Skin; Focus:: Pathophysiology and Management of Pressure Ulcer; Focus:: Lymphedema:: Current Treatments and Controversies;
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