Palliative Pharmacy Care
Palliative Pharmacy Care by Jennifer M. Strickland, published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 2009, is a comprehensive resource that focuses on the role of pharmacists in palliative care. This edition spans 227 pages and is presented in English. The book emphasizes the importance of providing relief to terminally ill patients through effective symptom and pain management, aiming to enhance the quality of life rather than seeking a cure.
Readers will find a structured approach to palliative care, including case studies, key points, and clinical pearls in each chapter. The text covers foundational principles as well as advanced topics, such as symptom management for specific diseases and pain management guidelines. It also discusses the interdisciplinary team model essential for effective palliative care, highlighting the pharmacist’s role in various settings, including hospice and outpatient treatment centers. This edition serves as both a practical guide for practitioners and a teaching resource for those interested in the field.
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Palliative care is primarily directed at providing relief to a terminally-ill person through symptom and pain management. The goal is not to cure, but to provide comfort and maintain the highest possible quality of life for as long as life remains. The focus is not on death, but on compassionate specialized care for the living. Palliative care functions best within an interdisciplinary team model that includes pharmacists playing a vital role in improving therapy compliance and outcomes. Pharmacists are practicing palliative care in a number of settings that include hospice, home care, out-patient treatment centers and hospitals. Palliative care often follows as a parallel track to the therapy for the disease.
Palliative Pharmacy Care serves both as an aid to practitioners and a teaching text. Each chapter contains at least one case study with questions, key points, and clinical pearls. Inside you’ll find:
- A solid foundation for the history and principles of the area of practice as well as more advanced sections on specific treatment issues such as cancer and pediatrics.
- Symptom-management overviews for specific diseases and general health problems related to terminal illness such as anxiety, fatigue, and constipation.
- Pain management guidelines on topics such pathophysiology and pharmacology, nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain, equianalgesic dosing/opioid rotation, secretion management, and “death rattle.”
- A discussion on the future of pharmacists in palliative care, setting up palliative care services and other general issues and concerns for pharmacists providing this service.
And much more.
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