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<p>Contributors viii</p> <p>1. Hospital Care for Seriously Ill Patients and Their Families 1<br /> <i>Steven Z. Pantilat, Wendy G. Anderson, Matthew J. Gonzales, and Eric W. Widera</i></p> <p><b>Section 1 Symptom Management</b></p> <p>2. Pain Management: A Practical Approach for Hospital Clinicians 11<br /> <i>Solomon Liao, Kira Skavinski, Jamie Capasso, and Rosene D. Pirrello</i></p> <p>3. Dyspnea: Management in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients 37<br /> <i>Margaret L. Campbell and Michael A. Stellini</i></p> <p>4. Nausea and Vomiting: Evaluation and Management in Hospitalized Patients 49<br /> <i>Katherine Aragon and Matthew J. Gonzales</i></p> <p>5. Delirium: Identification and Management in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients 61<br /> <i>Marieberta Vidal and Eduardo Bruera</i></p> <p>6. Depression and Anxiety: Assessment and Management in Hospitalized Patients with Serious Illness 71<br /> <i>Nathan Fairman, Jeremy M. Hirst, and Scott A. Irwin</i></p> <p><b>Section 2 Communication and Decision Making</b></p> <p>7. Effective Communication with Seriously Ill Patients in the Hospital: General Principles and Core Skills 95<br /> <i>Kristen A. Chasteen and Wendy G. Anderson</i></p> <p>8. Family Meetings and Caring for Family Members 108<br /> <i>Sara K. Johnson</i></p> <p>9. Assessing Goals of Care: A Case-Based Discussion 121<br /> <i>Elizabeth Lindenberger and Amy S. Kelley</i></p> <p>10. Documenting Goals of Care and Treatment Preferences in the Hospital: A Case-Based Discussion 133<br /> <i>Lynn A. Flint, Rebecca L. Sudore, and Brook Calton</i></p> <p>11. Prognostication: Estimating and Communicating Prognosis for Hospitalized Patients 143<br /> <i>Joshua R. Lakin and Eric W. Widera</i></p> <p>12. Managing Conflict over Treatment Decisions 160<br /> <i>Robert M. Arnold and Eva Reitschuler-Cross</i></p> <p><b>Section 3 Practice</b></p> <p>13. Palliative Care Emergencies in Hospitalized Patients 171<br /> <i>Paul Glare, Yvona Griffo, Alberta Alickaj, and Barbara Egan</i></p> <p>14. Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Interventions 195<br /> <i>James M. Risser and Howard Epstein</i></p> <p>15. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration in Patients with Serious Illness 206<br /> <i>Thomas T. Reid</i></p> <p>16. Last Days of Life: Care for the Patient and Family 223<br /> <i>Jason Morrow</i></p> <p>17. Palliative Care after Discharge: Services for the Seriously Ill in the Home and Community 237<br /> <i>Amy M. Corcoran, Neha J. Darrah, and Nina R. O’Connor</i></p> <p>18. Interdisciplinary Team Care of Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients 250<br /> <i>Dawn M. Gross and Jane Hawgood</i></p> <p>19. Self-Care and Resilience for Hospital Clinicians 260<br /> <i>Sarah M. Piper, B.J. Miller, and Michael W. Rabow</i></p> <p>Index 273</p>

<p><b>Steven Z. Pantilat</b>, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, the Alan M. Kates and John M. Burnard Endowed Chair in Palliative Care, and the founding Director of the UCSF Palliative Care Program. Dr. Pantilat is also the Director of the UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center that trains teams from hospitals across the country on how to establish Palliative Care Services.  In 2007 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar studying palliative care at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, and Curtin University in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Pantilat is also a hospitalist, and is a nationally recognized expert in hospital medicine as well as in Palliative Medicine.</p>

<p>The first comprehensive, clinically focused guide to help hospitalists and other hospital-based clinicians provide quality palliative care in the inpatient setting.</p> <p>Written for practicing clinicians by a team of experts in the field of palliative care and hospital care, <i>Hospital-Based Palliative Medicine: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach</i> offers:</p> <ul> <li>Comprehensive content over three domains of inpatient palliative care: symptom management, communication and decision making, and practical skills,</li> <li>Detailed information on assessment and management of symptoms commonly experienced by seriously ill patients,</li> <li>Advise on the use of specific communication techniques to address sensitive topics such as prognosis, goals of care, code status, advance care planning, and family meetings in a patient- and family-centered manner,</li> <li>Targeted content for specific scenarios, including palliative care emergencies, care at the end of life, and an overview of post-hospital palliative care options,</li> <li>Self-care strategies for resilience and clinician wellness which can be used to help maintain an empathic, engaged, workforce and high quality patient care,</li> <li>A consistent chapter format with highlighted clinical pearls and pitfalls, ensuring the material is easily accessible to the busy hospitalist and associated hospital staff.</li> </ul> <p>This title will be of use to all hospital clinicians who care for seriously ill patients and their families. Specialist-trained palliative care clinicians will also find this title useful by outlining a framework for the delivery of palliative care by the patient’s front-line hospital providers. </p> <p>Also available in the in the <i>Hospital-Based Medicine: Current Concepts</i> series:</p> <p>Inpatient Anticoagulation<br /> Margaret C. Fang, Editor, 2011</p> <p>Hospital Images: A Clinical Atlas<br /> Paul B. Aronowitz, Editor, 2012</p> <p>Becoming a Consummate Clinician: What Every Student, House Officer, and Hospital Practitioner Needs to Know <br /> Ary L. Goldberger and Zachary D. Goldberger, Editors, 2012</p> <p>Perioperative Medicine: Medical Consultation and Co-Management<br /> Amir K. Jaffer and Paul J. Grant, Editors, 2012</p> <p>Clinical Care Conundrums: Challenging Diagnoses in Hospital Medicine      <br /> James C. Pile, Thomas E. Baudendistel, and Brian J. Harte, Editors, 2013</p> <p>Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine <br /> Brahmajee K. Nallamothu and Timir S. Baman, Editors 2013</p>

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