Contributing Authors

Foreword

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

SECTION I

SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES

PART A

PAIN

PART B

CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS

PART C

GASTROINTESTIONAL SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES

PART D

SKIN

PART E

CARDIOPULMONARY AND VASCULAR SYNDROMES

PART F

GENITOURINARY SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES

PART G

METABOLIC DISORDERS

PART H

SELECTED NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES

PART I

SELECTED PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS AND SYNDROMES

SECTION II

ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE

PART A

DEFINITIONS AND MODELS

PART B

ASSESSMENT ISSUES

PART C

OTHER ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE

SECTION III

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PALLIATIVE CARE

SECTION IV

SPECIAL INTERVENTIONS IN SUPPORTIVE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

SECTION V

SPECIAL POPULATIONS

SECTION VI

RESEARCH ISSUES IN SUPPORTIVE CARE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Index