Main description:

Neuropalliative Care, Part One, Volume 190 covers a type of care that is given when there is no cure for the neurological disorder and the patient is in distress. It provides a scholarly background of neuropalliative care, from historic underpinnings to its practice in various geographical regions, along with best practices for specific neurological disorders. It covers the work of multi or interdisciplinary teams whose care is intended to make the patient as comfortable as possible and includes partners and families in treatment plans.

Contents:

SECTION 1. Neuropalliative care as a new field 1. Key concepts and opportunities 2. Neuropalliative care: Defining an emerging field 3. The neuropalliative multidisciplinary team - Members and their roles 4. Delivery models of neuropalliative care 5. International models of neuropalliative care 6. What palliative care physicians wish neurologists knew 7. What neurologists wish palliative care physicians knew 8. When to initiate palliative care in neurology

SECTION 2. Goals of care and advance care planning, prognostication, and end of life 9. Advance care planning in neurologic illness 10. Prognostication in brain tumors 11. Prognostication in dementia 12. Prognostication in neurology 13. End-of-life and hospice care for neurologic illness 14. Responding to requests for hastened death in patients living with advanced neurologic disease