Table of Contents

I Survival Estimation in Palliative Care
1: Marco Maltoni, Oriana Nanni, Emanuela Scarpi, Morco Pirovano, and Dino Amadori: Model for Estimation of Survival in Patients with Far-Advanced Cancer
2: Victor T. Chang: The Value of Symptoms in Prognosis of Cancer Patients
3: Ronald S. schonwetter and Chirag R. Jani: Survival Estimation in Noncancer Patients with Advanced Disease
4: Gary S Fischer, James A. Tulsky, and Robert M. Arnold: Communicating a Poor Prognosis
II Education and Training in Palliative Care
5: Irene J. Higginson and Julie Hearn: Palliative Care audit: Tools, Objectives, and Models for training in Assessment, Monitoring, and Review
6: David E. Weissman: Cancer pain as a Model for the Training of Physicians in Palliative Care
7: J. Cameron Muir and Charles F. von Gunten: The Palliative Care Unit as a Focus for Professional Education
8: Janet L. Abrahm: The Palliative Care Consultation Team as a Model for Palliative Care Education
III Procoagulant and Anticoagulant Therapy in Palliative Care
9: Jose Pereira, Isabelle Mancini, and Eduardo Bruera: The Management of Bleeding in Advanced Cancer Patients
10: Grahm F. Pineo and Russell D. Hull: The Use of Heparin, Low Molecular Weight Heparin, and Oral Anticoagulants in the Management of Thromboembolic Disease
11: Mark N. Levine: Prophylactic Anticogulant Therapy in the Terminally Ill Cancer Patient
IV Issues in the Assessment and Management of Common Symptoms
12: Stuart L. Du Pen and Anna R. Du Pen: Intraspinal Analgesic Therapy in Palliative Care: Evolving Perspective
13: Deborah J. Dudgeon and Susan Rosenthal: Pathophysiology and Assessment of Dyspnea in the Patient with Cancer
14: Sharon Watanabe: The Role of Oxygen in Cancer-Related Dyspnea
15: Robin L. Fainsinger: Treatment of Delirium at the End of Life: Medical and Ethical Issues
Index

Reviews

"The authors present and evaluate data, provide a context drawn from both the clinical and research laboratory, and integrate knowledge in a practical and reliable manner."--Annals, March 2001
"This volume, in fact the entire series, is an essential addition to the library of all palliative care clinicians. In this volume cogent analyses of the rapidly expanding body of literature are provided, with practical translation for clinical practice. Furthermore, the frequency of publication ensures the immediacy of the information. As with any publication, a few limitations exist. First, additional figures would clarify more complex concepts. Second, the
emphasis in this volume remains primarily on cancer, but expanding the disease focus to other incurable illnesses is critical. Finally, future volumes might benefit from the inclusion of a table of
contents of previous volumes, as well as a list of future topics planned for inclusion. Notwithstanding these suggestions, this book is indispensable for any palliative care physician." --Doody's
"The editors succeeded in including leaders in the fields, and the book offers diverse perspectives and beliefs about palliative care. There are some important strengths, precisely for the reasons we expected: the editors' understanding of where the field has been, its current struggles, and where we will go. This book provides insight to how we will get there.--Respiratory Care, May 2002