Chapter 13Palliative Care Emergencies in Hospitalized Patients Paul Glare, Yvona Griffo, Alberta Alickaj, and Barbara Egan 13.1 WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EMERGENCY IN PALLIATIVE CARE? The majority of the care of…
Chapter 11Prognostication: Estimating and Communicating Prognosis for Hospitalized Patients Joshua R. Lakin and Eric W. Widera 11.1 WHAT IS PROGNOSTICATION? Prognostication involves two separate tasks. The first requires clinicians to…
Chapter 1Hospital Care for Seriously Ill Patients and Their Families Steven Z. Pantilat, Wendy G. Anderson, Matthew J. Gonzales, and Eric W. Widera Mrs Morton was an 82-year-old woman with…
Chapter 3Dyspnea: Management in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients Margaret L. Campbell and Michael A. Stellini 3.1 DEFINITIONS, PREVALENCE, AND TRAJECTORIES Dyspnea is “a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consists…
Chapter 9Assessing Goals of Care: A Case-Based Discussion Elizabeth Lindenberger and Amy S. Kelley Whether healthy or facing serious illness, people go through life with a sense of identity, what…
Chapter 6Depression and Anxiety: Assessment and Management in Hospitalized Patients with Serious Illness Nathan Fairman, Jeremy M. Hirst, and Scott A. Irwin 6.1 INTRODUCTION Symptoms of depression and anxiety are…
