Hospital-Based Palliative Medicine

<p>The first comprehensive, clinically focused guide to help hospitalists and other hospital-based clinicians provide quality palliative care in the inpatient setting.<br /><br />Written for practicing clinicians by a team of experts in the field of palliative care and hospital care, Hospital-Based Palliative Medicine: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach offers: <br /><br /></p> <ul> <li>Comprehensive content over three domains of inpatient palliative care: symptom management, communication and decision making, and practical skills,</li> <li>Detailed information on assessment and management of symptoms commonly experienced by seriously ill patients,</li> <li>Advise on the use of specific communication techniques to address sensitive topics such as prognosis, goals of care, code status, advance care planning, and family meetings in a patient- and family-centered manner,</li> <li>Targeted content for specific scenarios, including palliative care emergencies, care at the end of life, and an overview of post-hospital palliative care options,</li> <li>Self-care strategies for resilience and clinician wellness which can be used to help maintain an empathic, engaged, workforce and high quality patient care,</li> <li>A consistent chapter format with highlighted clinical pearls and pitfalls, ensuring the material is easily accessible to the busy hospitalist and associated hospital staff.</li> </ul> <p>This title will be of use to all hospital clinicians who care for seriously ill patients and their families. Specialist-trained palliative care clinicians will also find this title useful by outlining a framework for the delivery of palliative care by the patient’s front-line hospital providers. <br /><br />Also available in the in the Hospital-Based Medicine: Current Concepts series:<br /><br />Inpatient Anticoagulation<br />Margaret C. Fang, Editor, 2011<br /><br />Hospital Images: A Clinical Atlas <br />Paul B. Aronowitz, Editor, 2012<br /><br />Becoming a Consummate Clinician: What Every Student, House Officer, and Hospital Practitioner Needs to Know<br />Ary L. Goldberger and Zachary D. Goldberger, Editors, 2012<br /><br />Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management<br />Amir K. Jaffer and Paul J. Grant, Editors, 2012<br /><br />Clinical Care Conundrums: Challenging Diagnoses in Hospital Medicine <br />James C. Pile, Thomas E. Baudendistel, and Brian J. Harte, Editors, 2013<br /><br />Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine<br />Brahmajee K. Nallamothu and Timir S. Baman, Editors 2013</p>