1. Content and Objectives
Palliative care
Hospice issues
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Assessment and management of symptoms in cancer patients:
nausea
vomiting
constipation
delirium
dysphagia
dyspnea
2. Required Readings
O’Mahony S, Coyle N and Payne R. Multidisciplinary Care of the terminally Ill Patient. Surg Clin North Am 2000; 80:729-745.
Lindley C, Blower P. Oral Serotonin type 3-receptor antagonists for the prevention of chemotherapy induced emesis. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2000; 57(18):1685-97.
Centeno C, Sanz A, Bruera E. Delirium in advanced cancer patients. Palliat Med 2004;18:184-94.
Jackson KC, Lipman AG. Drug therapy for delirium in terminally ill patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004 (2) CD 004770.
Beck S, Dudley W, Barsevick A. Pain, sleep disturbance and fatigue in patients with cancer: using a mediation model to test a symptom cluster. Oncol Nurs Forum 2005;32:E48-55.