Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology

SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES Pain: Cancer Pain: Principles of Assessment and Syndromes / Difficult Pain Syndromes: Bone Pain, Visceral Pain, Neuropathic Pain / Opioid Pharmacotherapy / Nonopioid and Adjuvant Analgesics / Non-Pharmacologic Management of Pain / Physiatric Approaches to Pain Management / Neurosurgical Interventional Approaches to Pain Constitutional Symptoms: Assessment and Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue / Fever and Sweats / Hotflashes Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Syndromes: Anorexia/Weight Loss / Dysphagia/Speech Rehabilitation / Chemotherapy-Related Nausea and Vomiting / Chronic Nausea and Vomiting / Diarrhea, Malabsorption, and Constipation / Bowel Obstruction / Diagnosis and Management of Ascites / Hiccups and other Gastrointestinal Symptoms / Oral Manifestations and Complications of Cancer Therapy Skin: Pruritus / Treatment of Tumor-Related Skin Disorders / Management of Pressure Ulcers and Fungating Wounds / Lymphedema / Principles of Fistula and Stoma Management Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Syndromes: Management of Dyspnea / Hemoptysis / Airway Obstruction, Bronchospasm, and Cough / Management of Advanced Lung Disease Including Pleural and Pericardial Effusions / Management of Advanced Hepatic Disease / Management of Advanced Heart Failure / Management of Hypercoagulable States and Coagulopathy Genitourinary Symptoms and Syndromes: Urologic Issues of Palliative Care / Management of Renal Failure Metabolic Disorders: Hypercalcemia / Metabolic Disorders in the Cancer Patient Selected Neurologic Symptoms and Syndromes: Headache and Other Neurologic Complications / Management of Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Compression / Neuromuscular Dysfunction and Palliative Care Selected Psychiatric Symptoms and Syndromes: Cognitive Disorders: Delirium and Dementia / Depression and Anxiety / Substance Abuse Issues in Palliative Care ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE Definitions and Models: Epidemiology and Prognostication in Advanced Cancer / Epidemiology and Prognostication in Non-Cancer Diagnoses / Definitions and Models of Palliative Care / Hospice Assessment Issues: Multidimensional Patient Assessment / Cross-Cultural Issues / Communication during Transitions of Care Therapies with Palliative Intent: Palliative Radiation Therapy / Palliative Chemotherapy / Palliative Surgery / Palliative Orthopedic Surgery / Palliative Endoscopic and Interventional Radiologic Procedures Other Issues in Palliative Care: Psychosocial Consequences of Advanced Cancer / Disorders of Sexuality and Reproduction / Home Care and Caregivers / Management of Symptoms in the Actively Dying Patient / Spirituality / Bereavement Care / Starting a Palliative Care Program / Staff Stress and Burnout ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PALLIATIVE CARE: Advance Directives and Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity / Withholding and Withdrawing Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment / Palliative Care and Physician-Assisted Death / Palliative Care: Ethics and the Law SPECIAL INTERVENTIONS IN SUPPORTIVE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: Hematologic Support of the Cancer Patient / Nutrition Support / Issues in Nutrition and Hydration / Rehabilitative Medicine / Complementary and Alternative Approaches SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Long-Term Survivorship: Late Effects / Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survivorship / Palliative Care in Pediatrics / Geriatric Palliative Care and Palliative Care in Long-Term Settings / Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS / Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Setting RESEARCH ISSUES IN SUPPORTIVE CARE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: Outcomes Assessment in Palliative Care / Measurement of Quality of Life Outcomes / Research Issues: Ethics and Study Design