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Neuropalliative Care

PART I

  • 1 Edición, Volumen 190 - 31 de agosto de 2022
  • Última edición
  • Editores: Janis M. Miyasaki, Benzi M. Kluger
  • Idioma: Inglés

Neuropalliative Care, Part One, Volume 190 covers a type of care that is given when there is no cure for the neurological disorder and the patient is in distress. It provid… Leer más

Descripción

Neuropalliative Care, Part One, Volume 190 covers a type of care that is given when there is no cure for the neurological disorder and the patient is in distress. It provides a scholarly background of neuropalliative care, from historic underpinnings to its practice in various geographical regions, along with best practices for specific neurological disorders. It covers the work of multi or interdisciplinary teams whose care is intended to make the patient as comfortable as possible and includes partners and families in treatment plans.

Puntos claves

  • Summarizes research in neuropalliative care
  • Identifies current practices in different geographic regions
  • Provides best practices for specific neurological disorders and patient populations
  • Includes advanced care planning

De interès para

Clinical neurologists

Índice

SECTION 1. Neuropalliative care as a new field

1. Key concepts and opportunities

2. Neuropalliative care: Defining an emerging field

3. The neuropalliative multidisciplinary team - Members and their roles

4. Delivery models of neuropalliative care

5. International models of neuropalliative care

6. What palliative care physicians wish neurologists knew

7. What neurologists wish palliative care physicians knew

8. When to initiate palliative care in neurology

SECTION 2. Goals of care and advance care planning, prognostication, and end of life

9. Advance care planning in neurologic illness

10. Prognostication in brain tumors

11. Prognostication in dementia

12. Prognostication in neurology

13. End-of-life and hospice care for neurologic illness

14. Responding to requests for hastened death in patients living with advanced neurologic disease

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Volumen: 190
  • Publicado: 6 de enero de 2023
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los editores

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Janis M. Miyasaki

Janis M. Miyasaki, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FAAN, is a graduate of the University of Toronto medical school, neurology residency program, and a movement disorders fellowship under Anthony Lang, MD, FAAN. From 1999-2013, she was a faculty member at the University of Toronto assuming the roles as Director of Education for Neurology for four hospitals, ward chief, Physician-In-Chief, Toronto Western Hospital, Associate Director of the Movement Disorders Program and other leadership roles. In 2007, Miyasaki initiated the first neurologist-led Palliative Care for movement disorders in the world. Since 2014, Miyasaki joined the University of Alberta and is currently the Director of Parkinson and Movement Disorders and Co-Director of the Complex Neurologic Symptoms Clinic, Neuropalliative Care. In 2019, she received the Parkinson Alberta Association award for outstanding contribution to patient care, education, and research . She is currently the Vice President of the American Academy of Neurology and the Director of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Zone Section Chief, Neurology, Northern Alberta. She is an active clinical researcher, holding grants, mentoring young researchers in several spheres of movement disorders, neuropalliative care, physician wellness, and equity.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
University of Alberta, Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Edmonton, AB, Canada

BK

Benzi M. Kluger

Dr. Kluger is the Julius, Helen and Robert Fine Professor of Neurology and the founding director of the Neuropalliative Care Service and Palliative Care Research Center at the University of Rochester. He is also the founding President of the International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) and a co-creator of the Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care Neurology (EPEC-N) program. He is a pioneer in the application of palliative care approaches to persons living with neurologic illness and has made notable contributions to outpatient models of care, the education of neurologists, and clinical research. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the Davis Phinney Foundation, and the Department of Defense. When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his family, anything outdoors, music, writing and professional wrestling. You can follow his non-academic writing on medical misinformation, spirituality and other topics at benzikluger.com.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
University of Rochester, Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA

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