Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Pain and Cancer
Chapter 2: Classifying Pain
Chapter 3: How To Do a Pain Consult
Chapter 4: Overview of Pain Medication Types
Chapter 5: Opioid Conversions
Chapter 6: Choosing Medications
Chapter 7: Methadone
Chapter 8: Choosing Procedures
Chapter 9: Special Situations
Chapter 10: Definition of Palliative Care
Chapter 11: The Oncologist and Palliative Care
Chapter 12: Communication
Chapter 13: Symptom Management: Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Chapter 14: Symptom Management: Dyspnea, Depression, Fatigue, and Delirium
Chapter 15: Sedation in the Imminently Dying
Chapter 16: Suffering in the Physician
Chapter 17: Challenges and Opportunities for the Physician
Chapter 18: Guidelines in the Care of the Dying Patient
Chapter 19: Racial and Cultural Barriers to Palliative Care
Index