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Author : Joseph F. O'Neill,Peter A. Selwyn,Helen Schietinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : OCLC:53179399
Author : U. S. Department of Health and Human Services,Health Resources and Services Administration,Joseph F. O'Neill
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1479296171
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services has as its mission the improvement of access to health care and services for underserved and vulnerable populations. HRSA accomplishes this mission by partnering with community-based organizations in the delivery of health and social services, with academic health centers in the education of health professionals, and with State and local health departments in the areas of prevention, public health promotion and health care delivery. Improved quality of care and quality of life are the goals of the programs and initiatives of HRSA. To that end HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau has embarked on the publication of A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS. Through the work of visionaries in the fields of HIV/AIDS and palliative care, we conclude that excellent HIV care can be provided by integrating the principles and framework of palliative care into the delivery of care and services to people living with HIV/AIDS, throughout the continuum of illness. This integration of services holds the promise of patient and family-centered care that is proactive in addressing the multitude of issues with which patients are challenged. With this volume we seek to expand the definition of palliative care and to realize palliative care's full potential to improve the quality of care and the quality of life of those living with HIV/AIDS. The HIV/AIDS Bureau, through its Working Group on Palliative Care in HIV, has set forth the following working definition: Palliative care is patient- and family-centered care. It optimizes quality of life by active anticipation, prevention, and treatment of suffering. It emphasizes use of an interdisciplinary team approach throughout the continuum of illness, placing critical importance on the building of respectful and trusting relationships. Palliative care addresses physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. It facilitates patient autonomy, access to information, and choice. Palliative care is complementary care, not alternative care, and therefore should not be provided only when disease-directed therapy fails or is unavailable. It is a mistake to adopt a palliative perspective and approach only at the last stages of illness. One need only reflect on the pain associated with receiving a first HIV diagnosis or upon the psychological and spiritual suffering that are the substrates of substance abuse and other behaviors exposing individuals to HIV, to realize the importance of using palliative care principles at all points along the course of this illness. Providers should focus their attention on comfort, relief of suffering, and quality of life throughout the course of HIV disease. The central role of medication adherence is not to be underestimated in stabilizing the course of disease, but other factors can be equally important in optimizing clinical outcomes. These factors include a wide range of hard-to-control socioeconomic as well as personal characteristics: an understanding of the disease process; empowerment in relation to personal health; a safe place to live; freedom from pain and distressing symptoms; adequate nutrition; treatment for substance abuse, depression and other mental illness; hope; adequate help of friends, family and other caregivers, especially when functional status is diminished and disease progression is ongoing. These challenges can be met successfully by using a palliative care framework to approach the patient, providers, caregivers, family, loved ones, and the health care system. This manual is organized to address the many aspects of palliative care that are key in caring for the person living with HIV and AIDS. A wealth of expertise and experience in the areas of HIV and palliative care has provided a unique document that expands the realms of both disciplines.
Author : Clide Evian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 0620173351
Author : Jean R. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422315304
HIV/AIDS morbidity & mortality increasingly impact the poor, the disenfranchised, & the young. Women are traditionally over-represented in these groups & are in great need of more effective diagnosis & treatment. Chapters in this report: epidemiology & natural history of HIV infection in women; approach to the patient; prevention of HIV; primary medical care; adherence to HIV therapies; gynecologic problems; color plates; HIV & reproduction; psychosocial & cultural considerations; psychiatric issues; substance abuse; adolescents; palliative care & end-of-life care; occupational exposure; & pharmacologic considerations in HIV-infected pregnant patients.
Author : Roger Woodruff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 0646128035
Guide to the practice of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer and AIDS. Care is prescribed in detail for different symptoms and complications as well as support for the psychological, social, cultural and spiritual suffering of patients. Includes index and bibliography. Author is senior medical oncologist at the Austin Hospital.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : IND:30000095210443
Author : Justin Amery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780199567966
Childen's palliative care has developed rapidly as a discipline, as health care professionals recognize that the principles of adult palliative care may not always be applicable to children at the end of life. The unique needs of dying children are particularly evident across Africa, where the scale of the problem is overwhelming, and the figures so enormous that they are barely comprehensible: over 400,000 children in Africa died from AIDS in 2003, and out of the 166,000 children a year diagnosed with cancer, 85% of these are in the developing world. Despite the enormous need, provision of children's palliative care in Africa is almost non-existent, with very few health workers trained and confident to provide care for dying children. The challenges of providing palliative care in this setting are different to those in more developed countries, contending with the shortage of physical and human resources in addition to the vast scope of the care needed. Written by a group with wide experience of caring for dying children in Africa, this book provides practical, realistic guidance by improving access to, and delivery of, palliative care in this demanding setting. It looks at the themes common to palliative care--including communication, assessment, symptom management, psychosocial issues, ethical dilemmas, end of life care, and tips for the professional on compassion and conservation of energy--but always retains the focus on the particular needs of the health care professional in Africa. While containing some theory, the emphasis is on practical action throughout the book. Children's Palliative Care in Africa provides health care professionals working in Africa, and other resource-poor settings, with the confidence, knowledge, and capacity to improve care for the terminally ill child in constrained and demanding environments.
Author : Harold Coward,Kelli I. Stajduhar
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438442754
Winner of the 2012 AJN (American Journal of Nursing) Book of the Year Award in the Hospice and Palliative Care category In the 1960s, English physician and committed Christian Cicely Saunders introduced a new way of treating the terminally ill that she called "hospice care." Emphasizing a holistic and compassionate approach, her model led to the rapid growth of a worldwide hospice movement. Aspects of the early hospice model that stressed attention to the religious dimensions of death and dying, while still recognized and practiced, have developed outside the purview of academic inquiry and consideration. Meanwhile, global migration and multicultural diversification in the West have dramatically altered the profile of contemporary hospice care. In response to these developments, this volume is the first to critically explore how religious understandings of death are manifested and experienced in palliative care settings. Contributors discuss how a "good death" is conceived within the major religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese religion, and Aboriginal spirituality. A variety of real-world examples are presented in case studies of a Buddhist hospice center in Thailand, Ugandan approaches to dying with HIV/AIDS, Punjabi extended-family hospice care, and pediatric palliative care. The work sheds new light on the significance of religious belief and practice at the end of life, at the many forms religious understanding can take, and at the spiritual pain that so often accompanies the physical pain of the dying person.
Author : Betty R. Ferrell,Nessa Coyle,Judith A. Paice
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1249 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199332342
This is a definitive text on nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. It is a comprehensive work addressing all aspects of palliative care including physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. The text is written by leaders in the field and includes an impressive section on international palliative care. Each chapter includes case examples and a strong evidence base to support the highest quality of care.
Author : Betty R. Ferrell
Publisher : Hpna Palliative Nursing Manual
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190244187
'Pediatric Palliative Care', the fourth volume in the 'HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals' series, addresses paediatric hospice, symptom management, paediatric pain, the neonatal intensive care unit, transitioning goals of care between the emergency department and intensive care unit, and grief and bereavement in paediatric palliative care.
Author : Payne, Sheila,Seymour, Jane,Ingleton, Christine
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780335221813
This textbook in palliative care nursing draws together the principles and evidence that underpins practice to support nurses working in specialist palliative care settings and those whose work involves end-of-life care.
Author : Linda L. Emanuel,S. Lawrence Librach
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781437735970
Find out all you need to know about providing high-quality care to patients with serious illnesses from the 2nd edition of Palliative Care: Core Skills and Clinical Competencies. Drs. Linda L. Emanuel and S. Lawrence Librach, leaders in the field, address the clinical, physical, psychological, cultural, and spiritual dimensions that are integral to the care of the whole patient. They give you a broad understanding of the core clinical skills and competencies needed to effectively approach patient assessment, care of special populations, symptom control, ethical issues, and more. Clearly written in a user-friendly, high-yield format, this resource is your ultimate guidebook to the burgeoning practice of palliative medicine. Improve your pain management and symptom management skills with a better understanding of best practices in palliative care. Quickly review specific treatment protocols for both malignant and non-malignant illnesses, including HIV/AIDS, heart failure, renal failure, pulmonary disease, and neurodegenerative disease. Better understand and manage the common and unique challenges associated with delivering palliative care in various social settings, such as the ICU, hospice, and the home; and to diverse populations, such as children, elders, and vulnerable members of society. Expand your knowledge of palliative care issues with new chapters on Veterans, Special Populations, Prognostication, Delirium, Working with Families, Wound Care, Home Care, and Dealing with Economic Hardship. Find the information you need quickly and easily with a templated, high-yield format.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241548373
The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem.
Author : Nathan I. Cherny,Marie Fallon,Stein Kaasa,Russell K. Portenoy,David Currow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1281 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199656097
Emphasising the multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care the fourth edition of this text also looks at the individual professional roles that contribute to the best-quality palliative care.
Author : Michael Silbermann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319229126
This is a rare compilation of clinically focused chapters on the practice of oncology in more than 25 countries and areas around the world that experience ongoing or intensifying ethnic, religious, and nationalistic conflict. Each chapter is written by an internationally respected local physician or nurse. Topics include the relationship between local culture and the local practice of mainstream modern medicine, critical clinical issues faced by local physicians, and options for when and how to incorporate palliative care. The book ends with chapters on the United States’ current initiatives on promoting cancer care training in these regions, and another on clinical concepts for Western clinicians undertaking oncology practice in emerging countries. The audience includes oncologists around the world: those practicing medicine in similarly extreme circumstances; Western oncologists organizing or preparing for medical missions; and Western oncologists who wish to learn from the experiences of oncologists who practice under radically different conditions.