Surgical Palliative Care

Description:

Palliative care has become increasingly important across the spectrum of healthcare, and with it, the need for education and training of a broad range of medical practitioners not previously associated with this field of care. Part of the Integrating Palliative Care series, this volume on surgical palliative care guides readers through the core palliative skills and knowledge needed to deliver high value care for patients with life-limiting, critical, and terminal illness under surgical care. Chapters explore the historical, philosophical, and spiritual principles of surgical palliative care, and follow the progression of the seriously ill surgical patient's journey from the pre-operative encounter, to the invasive procedure, to the post-operative setting, and on to survivorship. An overview of the future of surgical palliative care education and research rounds out the text. Surgical Palliative Care is an ideal resource for surgeons, surgical nurses, intensivists, and other practitioners who wish to learn more about integrating palliative care into the surgical field.

Table of Contents:

1. Surgical Palliative Care: The Historical Case

2. Principles of Surgical Palliative Care

3. Models of Care Delivery and Quality Measurement

4. Self-Care and the Surgeon

5. Spirituality and Surgery

6. Preoperative Palliative Care Assessment, Frailty, and Prognostication

7. Perioperative DNR

8. Shared Decision-Making and Goals-of-Care Discussion in the Preoperative Visit

9. Palliative Care for the Trauma Patient

10. Palliative Care for the Emergency Surgery Patient

11. Palliative Care in Burn and Thermal Injury

12. Communicating Serious News

13. Palliative Care in Transplantation

14. Principles, Assessment, and Evaluation for Palliative Surgery

15. Palliative Gastrointestinal Surgery

16. Palliative Thoracic Surgery

17. Palliation in Head and Neck Surgery

18. Palliative Care and Cardiovascular Surgery

19. Invasive Pain Management

20. The Family Conference

21. Pharmacopalliation of Pain

22. Nonpain Symptom Management

23. The Feeding Access Consult

24. Transitions of Care—Disposition Planning: Rehabilitation Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities, and Hospice

25. Care of the Family

26. Palliative Care and Survivorship for the Cancer Patient

27. The Future of Surgical Palliative Care Research: Priorities and Possibilities

28. Surgical Palliative Care Education and Training

Index