Heart Failure and Palliative Care

Full of practical, evidence based advice, Heart Failure and Palliative Care encourages a multidisciplinary team based approach. It stimulates joint working between primary care, cardiology and palliative care teams - raising awareness of the problems associated with supportive and palliative care for heart failure patients. The second edition has been significantly revised and updated with brand new chapters and sections on shared decision making, advance care planning, devices, ACP and non-LVSD failure. Heart Failure and Palliative Care offers optimum care solutions vital to all palliative care professionals in a wide variety of hospital and community settings.

Zusatztext "This book is a fantastic resource for anyone working with patients with heart failure. It will facilitate the integration of palliative care into heart failure management ?"-British Journal of Hospital MedicineThe book includes chapters on the syndrome of advanced heart failure-optimal therapy! prognosis! symptom relief! supportive care! communication! the need for palliative care! and how to improve terminal care.??Good stuff.-Roger Woodruff! IAHPC Reviews Editor Informationen zum Autor Miriam Johnson Zusammenfassung Full of practical, evidence based advice, 'Heart Failure and Palliative Care' encourages a multidisciplinary team based approach. It stimulates joint working between primary care, cardiology and palliative care teams raising awareness of the problems associated with supportive and palliative care for heart failure patients. The second edition has been significantly revised and updated with brand new chapters and sections on shared decision making, advance care planning, devices, ACP and non-LVSD failure. 'Heart Failure and Palliative Care' offers optimum care solutions vital to all palliative care professionals in a wide variety of hospital and community settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Need for Palliative Care in Heart Failure. The Syndrome of Advanced Heart Failure. Optimal Therapy for Heart Failure. Prognosis in Advanced Heart Failure. Symptom Relief for Advanced Heart Failure. Supportive Care: Psychological, Social and Spiritual Aspects. Communication in Heart Failure. Advance Care Planning, Mental Capacity Act, etc. Shared Decision Making. Care of the Patients Dying from Heart Failure. Young People. Palliative Care Services for People with Heart Failure.

Autorentext

Miriam Johnson

Klappentext

Full of practical, evidence based advice, 'Heart Failure and Palliative Care' encourages a multidisciplinary team based approach. It stimulates joint working between primary care, cardiology and palliative care teams - raising awareness of the problems associated with supportive and palliative care for heart failure patients. The second edition has been significantly revised and updated with brand new chapters and sections on shared decision making, advance care planning, devices, ACP and non-LVSD failure. 'Heart Failure and Palliative Care' offers optimum care solutions vital to all palliative care professionals in a wide variety of hospital and community settings.

Inhalt

The Need for Palliative Care in Heart Failure. The Syndrome of Advanced Heart Failure. Optimal Therapy for Heart Failure. Prognosis in Advanced Heart Failure. Symptom Relief for Advanced Heart Failure. Supportive Care: Psychological, Social and Spiritual Aspects. Communication in Heart Failure. Advance Care Planning, Mental Capacity Act, etc. Shared Decision Making. Care of the Patients Dying from Heart Failure. Young People. Palliative Care Services for People with Heart Failure.