Market / Audience
Medical students: 18000/yr US, 250,000 global
NP and PA students: 25,000/yr US, 50,000+ global
IM and FP residents: 30,000 US, 60,000 global
IM and FP clinicians: 140,000 US, 300,000+ global
Palliative medicine: 3000 US
Oncology: 20,000 US, 60,000 global
Social workers

About the Book
In the tradition of the User's Guides to the Medical Literature, and The Rational Clinical Examination, JAMA/Care at the Close of Life is based on a widely successful series of articles appearing over the course of the last ten years in JAMA, the world's most widely read medical journal. The series is directed by Stephen McPhee, a leading authoriity of end of life care, and the chief editor of our market leading Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment text.

The articles in the series cover fundamental topics and challenges in caring for patients who have been given a terminal diagnosis. Featuring a strong focus on evidence-based medicine, and organized by clinical cases, the articles are widely read by faculty, medical students, and clinicians who, frankly, have not been given a solid educational experience on this very important medical issue.

The book will be physically modeled after The Rational Clinical Examination, in a full color format that highlights the clinical cases. It will be well suited for use as an required or recommended textbook for medical, PA, and NO students, and as a clinical reference text for trainees and practicing physicians and nurses.

Key Selling Features

Based on highy regarded content from the world's most widely read medical journalAll content is completely updated, and extensive new, never-before-published content has been addedCase-based, and evidence-based, so its a perfect fit for the way medical students and residents like to learnFocuses on practical, real-world issues for primary care physicians, and avoids esoteric issues of interest only to specialists in palliative careFull color format, modeled after the highly regarded Rational Clinical ExaminationIncludes multimedia materials available on line: Power Point slides for teaching, and video interviews with patients in end-of-life care, so that faculty and students get supplemental resources for learning the art and science of care at the end of lifeEvidence-based guidance from the world's leading medical journal, on a critical topic that has been neglected in medical education and training until recently. Author Profile
JAMA is the world's most widely read medical journal, and has a reputation for excellence in evidence-based medicine. Stephen McPhee has high visbility on account of his editorship of CMDT, and for his driving role in enhancing end of life care in medical education and training programs. He is: Professor of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco CA

Auteur

Professor of MedicineDivision of General Internal MedicineDepartment of MedicineUniversity of California, San Francisco

Contenu

ContributorsForewordPrefaceChaptersA. Communication Issues1. Initiating End-of-Life Discussions with Seriously Ill Patients: Addressing the Elephant in the RoomTimothy Quill, MD2. Beyond Advance Directives: Decision Making and Communication at the End of LifeJames Tulsky, MD3. Decision Making at a Time of Crisis Near the End of LifeDavid E. Weissman, MD4. Dealing With Conflict in Caring for the Seriously Ill: "It Was Just Out of the Question"Anthony L. Back, MD; Robert M. Arnold, MDB. Symptom Management5. Managing an Acute Pain Crisis in a Patient With Advanced Cancer: "This Is as Much of a Crisis as a Code"Natalie Moryl, MD; Nessa Coyle, NP, PhD; Kathleen M. Foley, MD6. Management of Dyspnea in Patients With Far-Advanced Lung Disease: "Once I Lose It, It's Kind of Hard to Catch It. . ."John M. Luce, MD; Judith A. Luce, MD7. Management of Intractable Nausea and Vomiting in Patients at the End of Life: "I Was Feeling Nauseous All of the Time... Nothing Was Working"Gordon J. Wood, MD; Joseph W. Shega, MD; Beth Lynch, NP; Jamie H. von Roenn, MD8. Palliative Care for Frail Older Adults: "There are Things I Can't Do Anymore That I Wish I Could . . ." Kenneth S. Boockvar, MD, MS; Diane E. Meier, MD9. Palliative Management of Fatigue at the Close of Life: "It Feels Like My Body Is Just Worn Out"Sriram Yennurajalingam, MD; Eduardo Bruera, MD10. Spinal Cord Compression in Patients With Advanced Metastatic Cancer: "All I Care About Is Walking and Living My Life"Janet L. Abrahm, MD; Michael B. Banffy, MD; Mitchel B. Harris, MD11. Agitation and Delirium at the End of Life: "We Couldn't Manage Him"William Breitbart, MD; Yesnea Alici, MDC. Disease Management12. Alzheimer Disease: "It's Okay, Mama, If You Want to Go, It's Okay"Ann Hurley, RN, DNSc; Ladislav Volicer, MD, PhD13. Practical Considerations in Dialysis Withdrawal: "To Have That Option Is a Blessing"Lewis M. Cohen, MD; Michael J. Germain, MD; David M. Poppel, MD 14. Comprehensive Care for Late-Stage HIV/AIDS: Overcoming the False Dichotomy of "Curative" vs "Palliative" Care. "Let Me Live the Way I Want to Live, Until I Can't"Peter A. Selwyn, MD, MPH; Marshall Forstein, MD15. Palliative Care for Patients with Heart FailureSteven Z. Pantilat, MD; Anthony E. Steimle, MD16. Integrating Palliative Care for Liver Transplants: "Too Well for Transplant, Too Sick for Life"Anne M. Larson, MD, FACP, AGAF; J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH17. Palliative Care for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: "Prepare for the Worst and Hope for the Best"Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD, DSc; Judith G. Rabkin, PhD, MPH18. Palliative Care for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: "I Would Like a Quick Return to a Normal Lifestyle"Nathan E. Goldstein, MD; Eric Genden, MD; R. Sean Morrison, MD D. Other Patient Management Issues19. Complexities in Prognostication in Advanced Cancer. "To Help Them Live Their Lives the Way They Want To"Elizabeth B. Lamont, MD, MS; Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH20. Caring for the Child with Cancer at the Close of Life: "There are People Who Make It, and I'm Hoping I'm One of Them"Craig A. Hurwitz, MD; Janet Duncan, MSN, CPNP; Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH21. Sudden Traumatic Death in Children: "We Did Everything, but Your Child Didn't Survive"Robert D. Truog, MD; Grace Christ, DSW; David M. Browning, MSW; Elaine C. Meyer, PhD, RN22. The Role of Chemotherapy at the End of Life: "When is Enough, Enough?"Sarah E. Harrington, MD; Thomas J. Smith, MD FACP23. Palliative Care in the Final Days of Life: "They Were Expecting It At Any Time"James Hallenbeck, MDE. Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Issues24. Psychological Considerations, Growth, and Transcendence at the End of Life: The Art of the PossibleSusan D. Block, MD25. Caring for Bereaved Patients: "All the Doctors Just Suddenly Go"Holly Gwen Prigerson, PhD; Selby C. Jacobs, MD, MPH26. Adolescent Grief: "It Never Really Hit Me... Until It Actually Happened"Grace Christ, DSW; Karolynn Siegel, PhD; Adolph E. Christ, MD, DrMSc27. Dignity-conserving Care-A New Model for Palliative Care: Helping the PatientHarvey Chochinov, MD, PhD, FRCPC28. Supporting Family Caregivers at the End of Life: "They Don't Know What They Don't Know"Michael W. Rabow, MD; Joshua Hauser, MD; Jocelia Adams, RN29. Spiritual Issues in the Care of Dying Patients: ". . . It's Okay Between Me and God"Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD30. Responding to Requests for Physician-Assisted Suicide: "These Are Uncharted Waters for Both of Us. . ."Paul Bascom, MD; Susan Tolle, MD31. Palliative Sedation in Dying Patients: "We Turn to It When Everything Else Hasn't Worked"Bernard Lo, MD; Gordon D. Rubenfeld, MD, MScG. Cross-Cultural and Special Populations Issues32. Negotiating Cross-Cultural Issues at the End of Life: "You Got to Go Where He Lives"Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, PhD, MA, MN, RN; Leslie J. Blackhall, MD, MTS33. Palliative Care for Latino Patients and Their Families: "Whenever We Prayed, She Wept"Alexander K. Smith…