Bereavement Care
Bereavement Care Areej Raed El-Jawahri Holly G. Prigerson Bereavement Bereavement refers to the situation of losing to death a person to whom one is attached. Grief refers to the emotional…
Spirituality
Spirituality Christina M. Puchalski Dying is a normal part of life. In today’s society, however, dying is still treated as an illness. All too often, people die in hospitals or…
Management of Symptoms in the Actively Dying Patient
Management of Symptoms in the Actively Dying Patient Paul Rousseau The obligation of physicians to relieve suffering is universal, particularly when death is imminent and the indignities of illness consume…
Home Care and Caregivers
Home Care and Caregivers Betty R. Ferrell Barbara J. Whitlatch Intensive Care of Home Care Since the mid-1980s, there has been a major shift in home health care. In the…
Disorders of Sexuality and Reproduction
Disorders of Sexuality and Reproduction Ursula S. Ofman As the effectiveness of medical treatment of cancer patients has improved a great deal during the past decades, quality of life outcomes…
Psychosocial Consequences of Advanced Cancer
Psychosocial Consequences of Advanced Cancer James R. Zabora Matthew J. Loscalzo All psychosocial care is palliative in nature. Attention must be directed at the realities of one’s life within their…
Palliative Endoscopic and Interventional Radiologic Procedures
Palliative Endoscopic and Interventional Radiologic Procedures Ann Marie Joyce Rosemary C. Polomano Michael C. Soulen Michael L. Kochman Palliation of symptoms associated with advanced cancer can be accomplished through less…
Palliative Orthopaedic Surgery
Palliative Orthopaedic Surgery Juan Santiago-Palma Juan C. Jimenez Metastatic bone disease is the most common malignant bone lesion in adults. Seventy to 80% of all patients with cancer are likely…
Palliative Surgery
Palliative Surgery Alexandra M. Easson Palliative surgery may be an important part of the management of patients with advanced cancer. Appropriate and timely surgical referral can alleviate or prevent significant…
Palliative Chemotherapy
Palliative Chemotherapy Eric M. Chevlen Introduction—what is Palliative Chemotherapy? In the early days of medical oncology, the term palliative chemotherapy would have been considered by many to be an oxymoron…
