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Disease Management: AIDS: M4: Comprehensive Guide

A Comprehensive Guide for the Care of Persons with HIV Disease – Module 4: Palliative Care

This guide to palliative care for persons living with HIV / AIDS was published by: Mount Sinai Hospital and Casey House Hospice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1995. It was published as part of the Comprehensive Guide to the Care of Persons with HIV / AIDS. Support for this project was provided by the AIDS Care Treatment and Support Unit, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

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Cover
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
1. Introduction		 171KCover
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
HIV/AIDS AND PALLIATIVE CARE
2. One Voice
3. What is HIV/AIDS
4. The Interrelationship of HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care		 134K2. One Voice
3. What is HIV/AIDS
4. The Interrelationship of HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care
CARING FOR THE LIVING
5. Quality of Life
6. Ethics		 97K5. Quality of Life
6. Ethics
7. Symptom Management (Complete) 337K7. Symptom Management
or download parts of chapter 7:
124KGeneral Principles of Symptom Management
Specific Symptoms:
  • General Problems
    • Anorexia / Cachexia, Asthenia
    • Arthralgia, Myalgia
    • Bleeding
    • Dehydration
    • Edema, Lymphoedema, Ascites
    • Fever
 84KGeneral Problems
  • Neurological Problems
    • Neuropathic Pain
    • Seizures, Myoclonic Jerks
    • Visual Loss
    • Hearing Loss
    • Loss of Motor / Sensory Function
 64KNeurological Problems
76KNeuro-Psychiatric Problems
60KCardio-Respiratory Problems
  • Head and Neck Problems
    • Headache
    • Head and Neck Pain
    • Altered Taste, Gingivitis, Halitosis, hygiene, rhinorrhea, sialorrhea, xerostomia
 57KHead and Neck Problems
  • Gastro Intestinal Problems
    • Odynophagia
    • Dysphagia
    • Abdominal Pain
    • Nausea, Vomiting, Retching
    • Constipation, Bowel Obstruction
    • Diarrhea
    • Bowel Incontinence
    • Peri-anal Pain
    • Peri-anal Problems
 86KGastro Intestinal Problems
57KGenito-Urinary Problems
  • Skin Problems
    • Skin Pain
    • Skin Care
    • Skin Breakdown / Pressure Ulcers
    • AIDS Specific Skin Problems
 68KSkin Problems
8. Activities of Daily Living 52K8. Activities of Daily Living
9. Psycho-Social Support 79K9. Psycho-Social Support
10. Caring for HIV & Substance Users 59K10. Caring for HIV & Substance Users
11. Legal Issues 59K11. Legal Issues
12. Advance Planning 45K12. Advance Planning
13. Spirituality 58K13. Spirituality
CARING FOR THE DYING AND THE BEREAVED
14. Last Hours of Living 56K14. Last Hours of Living
15. Funerals, Memorial Services and Rituals 52K15. Funerals, Memorial Services and Rituals
16. Grief, Loss and Bereavement 70K16. Grief, Loss and Bereavement
CARE FOR THE CAREGIVER
17. Models of Palliative Care Delivery 47K17. Models of Palliative Care Delivery
18. Care for the Caregiver 60K18. Care for the Caregiver
19. Issues in Occupational Exposure for HIV/AIDS Palliative Care 48K19. Issues in Occupational Exposure for HIV/AIDS Palliative Care
20. Resources 48K20. Resources
APPENDICES
A. Diversity Checklist 43KA. Diversity Checklist
B. Medication Table 3.6MB. Medication Table
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