Educational Material Details

Title: AAHPM Pocket Guide to Hospice/Palliative Medicine

Author(s): American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)

The Pocket Guide provides a wealth of clinical information in a 5"x7" book format which easily fits into a white coat pocket. The book is divided into eight sections covering all major aspects of palliative care including the palliative medicine approach to care, psychological and spiritual pain, pain management, management of non-pain symptoms, communication and interdisciplinary team approach to care, ethical and legal decision making, approach to HIV/AIDS and Pediatric palliative medicine.

Reviewers commented on the excellent use of tables to provide snapshots of key clinical information along with various symptom and psychological assessment tools, typically not found in pocket guides. The clinical Information is current and well referenced. The material is suitable for both experienced palliative care clinicians and physician or nurse trainees.

TO ORDER, CONTACT the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 408 W. University Ave., Suite 500, Gainesville, FL 32601
Tel: 352/377-8900
AAHPM Website:
http://www.aahpm.org/bookstore/index.html

Creation Date: 6/2003

Format: Pocket Instructional Aids, Self-Study Guide Book

Purpose: Self-Study Guide

Audience(s)

	Training: Fellows, PGY1 (Interns), PGY2-6, Physicians in Practice
	Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Hematology/Oncology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry
	Non-Physician: Nurses

ACGME Competencies: Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Patient Care

Keyword(s): Cardio-pulminary, Communications skills, Constitutional, Death pronouncement, Discussing hospice care, Family conference, Gastrointestinal, Giving bad news, Metabolic, Musculoskeletal, Negotiating treatment goals, Neurologic, Non-pain symptoms/disorders/syndromes, Oral/communication, Pain assessment, Pain treatment, Personal reflection, Prognosis, Psychiatric, Quality of life, Sexuality and reproduction, Skin/lymphatic