Opioid Pharmacotherapy
Opioid Pharmacotherapy Judith A. Paice Opioids and their derivatives have been used to relieve pain for centuries, and their contribution to relief of suffering is well established. Many of the…
ONCOLOGY
Difficult Pain Syndromes: Neuropathic Pain, Bone Pain, and Visceral Pain
Difficult Pain Syndromes: Neuropathic Pain, Bone Pain, and Visceral Pain Lauren Shaiova Leonard A. Farber Sunil Kumar Aggarwal Nociception is what occurs physiologically in our bodies during the activation and…
Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS
Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS Peter A. Selwyn In its beginning phases in the United States in the 1980s, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) care was understood almost fully within the context…
Research Issues: Ethics and Study Design
Research Issues: Ethics and Study Design Jodi Levinthal David Casarett The goal of good palliative care is to relieve suffering and to improve quality of life. However, it is apparent…
Measurement of Quality of Life Outcomes
Measurement of Quality of Life Outcomes Jason E. Owen Laura Boxley Joshua C. Klapow Introduction For many years, survival was the primary outcome of clinical trials for those diagnosed with…
Outcomes Assessment in Palliative Care
Outcomes Assessment in Palliative Care Joan M. Teno Accountability has been called the third revolution in medical care 1. Health care providers are now often faced with new questions. For…
Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Setting Thomas J. Prendergast Intensive care units (ICUs) combine, in one physical location, the most desperately ill patients with the intensive care physicians…
Geriatric Palliative Care
Geriatric Palliative Care Jessica Israel R. Sean Morrison In our society, the overwhelming majority of people who die are elderly. They typically die slowly of chronic diseases, over long periods…
Palliative Care in Pediatrics
Palliative Care in Pediatrics Javier R. Kane Bruce P. Himelstein Palliative medicine for children is the art and science of family centered care aimed at enhancing quality of life and…
Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survivorship
Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survivorship Susan A. Leigh Elizabeth J. Clark What happens when my body breaks down happens not just to that body but also to my life, which…
