Treatment Guidelines: Palliative Care Supplement: Version 1

Author: (Australia) Treatment Guidelines Limited, translated by Zhang Chunxia
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The "Treatment Guidelines" series is organized and compiled by Treatment Guidelines Limited of Australia, with translations by scholars and experts in relevant fields domestically. This series has a significant influence in the international treatment guidelines field, primarily providing positional guidance for the diagnosis of related diseases and elaborating concise, practical treatment plans. It is a set of concise and practical clinical treatment guidelines. The "Treatment Guidelines" series consists of 10 volumes, with each volume's content corresponding in diagnosis and treatment, serving as a reference for clinical residents. The "Palliative Care" volume introduces relevant content on palliative care for advanced diseases. This book first introduces the principles and ethical issues of palliative care, explaining the necessity of communication with terminally ill patients and providing them with support; it covers loss, grief, and bereavement issues, the emotional regulation of professionals engaged in palliative care, home care, painkillers and adjuvant therapy drugs, and the principles of symptom control. Then, it introduces various systemic symptoms and palliative care methods from perspectives such as digestive, respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, skin, hematological, and urological systems. The third part of the book covers palliative care strategies for special disease conditions, including emergencies, concurrent chronic diseases, common tumors, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and pediatric cases. This book can help professional clinical physicians determine appropriate palliative care principles or strategies and select suitable medications, guiding them to observe patients' manifestations in the late stages of the disease and their responses to palliative care. It is suitable for reference use by professional clinical physicians, general practitioners, community physicians, and intern/resident physicians.