This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine is devoted to Palliative Care. Guest Editors Thomas Smith, MD and Madeline Leong, MD have assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Palliative Care in the Era of Healthcare Redesign; Communications to Patients; Communications by Professionals; International Palliative Care; Public Health and Palliative Care; Culturally Relevant Palliative Care; Spirituality, Religion, and Healing in Palliative Care; Alternative, Complementary and Mainstream Therapies in Palliative Care; Symptom Management in the Older Adult; Interaction of Palliative Care and Primary Care; Palliative Care in the Ambulatory Geriatric Practice; Choosing Cancer Therapy Based on Geriatric Assessment; and Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Contributors - p. 5 6. Forthcoming Issue - p. 7 7. Preface: Geriatrics and Palliative Care: All in the Same Family - p. 8 8. Symptom Management in the Older Adult - p. 9 9. Complementary and Integrative Medicine for Older Adults in Palliative Care - p. 20 10. Palliative Care in the Ambulatory Geriatric Practice - p. 28 11. Interaction of Palliative Care and Primary Care - p. 34 12. Communication with Older, Seriously Ill Patients - p. 42 13. Communications by Professionals in Palliative Care - p. 49 14. Spirituality in Geriatric Palliative Care - p. 56 15. Public Health and Palliative Care in 2015 - p. 61 16. Palliative Care in the Era of Health Care Reform - p. 68 17. Culturally Relevant Palliative Care - p. 72 18. International Palliative Care: Middle East Experience As a Model for Global Palliative Care - p. 77 19. Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care - p. 83 20. Index - p. 88
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine is devoted to Palliative Care. Guest Editors Thomas Smith, MD and Madeline Leong, MD have assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Palliative Care in the Era of Healthcare Redesign; Communications to Patients; Communications by Professionals; International Palliative Care; Public Health and Palliative Care; Culturally Relevant Palliative Care; Spirituality, Religion, and Healing in Palliative Care; Alternative, Complementary and Mainstream Therapies in Palliative Care; Symptom Management in the Older Adult; Interaction of Palliative Care and Primary Care; Palliative Care in the Ambulatory Geriatric Practice; Choosing Cancer Therapy Based on Geriatric Assessment; and Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Contributors - p. 5 6. Forthcoming Issue - p. 7 7. Preface: Geriatrics and Palliative Care: All in the Same Family - p. 8 8. Symptom Management in the Older Adult - p. 9 9. Complementary and Integrative Medicine for Older Adults in Palliative Care - p. 20 10. Palliative Care in the Ambulatory Geriatric Practice - p. 28 11. Interaction of Palliative Care and Primary Care - p. 34 12. Communication with Older, Seriously Ill Patients - p. 42 13. Communications by Professionals in Palliative Care - p. 49 14. Spirituality in Geriatric Palliative Care - p. 56 15. Public Health and Palliative Care in 2015 - p. 61 16. Palliative Care in the Era of Health Care Reform - p. 68 17. Culturally Relevant Palliative Care - p. 72 18. International Palliative Care: Middle East Experience As a Model for Global Palliative Care - p. 77 19. Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care - p. 83 20. Index - p. 88
