This new edition features three new chapters--""Spiritual Care in Palliative Care,""Psychological Considerations,and ""Bereavement""--as well as specific guidelines about ; advance care planning at all phases of cancer; understanding complex family dynamics and communication challenges; partnering with interpreters in the care of patients and family members with limited English-language proficiency; special considerations to take into account for LGBTQ+ patien.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. A Team Approach
  • CHAPTER 1. Early Days
  • CHAPTER 2. Working with Patients’ Families
  • CHAPTER 3. Spiritual Care in Palliative Care
  • CHAPTER 4. Sexuality, Intimacy, and Cancer
  • CHAPTER 5. Advancing Disease
• Part II. Pain Control, Symptom Management, and Psychological Considerations
  • CHAPTER 6. Assessing the Patient in Pain
  • CHAPTER 7. Pharmacologic Management of Cancer Pain
  • CHAPTER 8. Nonpharmacologic Strategies in Palliative Care
  • CHAPTER 9. Psychological Considerations
  • CHAPTER 10. Managing Other Distressing Problems
• Part III. End of Life and Bereavement
  • CHAPTER 11. Approaching the End: Concerns of Patients and Their Families at the End of Life
  • CHAPTER 12. The Last Days
  • CHAPTER 13. Bereavement with Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD
• Appendix. Wisconsin Brief Pain Inventory
• List of Enhancements
• Index
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