Contemporary and Innovative Practice in Palliative Care

00 preface_ Palliative Care......Page 1
Part 1Contemporary Practice......Page 13
01Cross-Cultural Issues in\rAcademic Palliative Medicine......Page 15
02Teaching Palliative Care in a Free Clinic:\rA Brazilian Experience......Page 31
03Are Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Related\rto Physical Symptoms? A Prospective Study of\rPatients with Advanced Chronic Disease......Page 41
04Designing for the Experience of Pain......Page 51
05Predictors in Complicated Grief: Supporting\rFamilies in Palliative Care Dealing with Grief......Page 71
06The Place of Volunteering in Palliative Care......Page 95
Part2Challenges in Practice......Page 115
07Dilemmas in Palliation......Page 117
08Breaking Bad News to Families of Dying\rChildren: A Paediatrician’s Perspective......Page 127
09Palliative Care in the Muslim-Majority Countries:\rThe Need for More and Better Care......Page 149
10Challenges in Advanced Dementia......Page 163
11The Changing Landscape – Palliative Care in\rthe Heart Failure Patient Population......Page 177
Part 3Models of Care......Page 195
12A Framework for Policy-Based Data Integration\rin Palliative Health Care......Page 197
13Information Needs in Palliative Care:\rPatient and Family Perspectives......Page 211
14Palliative Care in Children......Page 235
15Palliative Care and Terminal Care of Children......Page 253
16Meeting the End of Life Needs of\rOlder Adults with Intellectual Disabilities......Page 267
17Palliative Care for the Elderly:\rA Japanese Perspective......Page 283