1. Palliative Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Oliver, David, Frcgp, T. Declan Walsh, and Gian Domenico Borasio
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Palliative care ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Nursing care ,Ambulatory care ,Multidisciplinary approach ,Family medicine ,medicine ,Spiritual care ,Psychiatry ,business ,End-of-life care ,Psychosocial ,Motor neurone disease - Abstract
1. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease 2. Palliative care 3a Communication: breaking bad news 3b Communication: decision making 3c Communication: advance directives 4a Control of symptoms - dyspnoea and respiratory 4b Control of symptoms - dysphagia 4c Control of symptoms - cognitive dysfunction 4d Control of symptoms - other symptoms (including depression) 5. Psychosocial care 6. Spiritual care 7a Multidisciplinary care - physiotherapy 7b Multidisciplinary care - occupational therapy 7c Multidisciplinary care - speech and language therapy 7d Multidisciplinary care - the psychologist 7e Multidisciplinary care - nursing care 8. International aspects of care 9a End of life care - ethical issues 9b End of life care 10. Bereavement 11a Personal experiences: one day at a time - the experience of an ALS caregiver 11b Personal experiences: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and how it affects my life Appendix 1 - Suppliers Appendix 2 - Websites
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- 2014
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