Delirium in the terminally ill Book Section
| Authors: | Breitbart, W.; Cohen, K. |
| Editors: | Chochinov, H. M.; Breitbart, W. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Delirium in the terminally ill |
| Abstract: | (from the chapter) The physician who cares for patients with a life-threatening illness such as AIDS or cancer is likely to encounter delirium as a common major psychiatric complication of advancing illness, particularly in the last weeks of life, when up to 85% of patients may develop a delirium. This chapter addresses issues related to the need for practitioners to diagnose delirium accurately, to undertake appropriate assessment of etiologies, and to understand the benefits and the risks of the pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions currently available for managing delirium among the terminally ill. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Keywords: | differential diagnosis & assessment & management of delirium in terminally ill patients |
| Book Title: | Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine. 1st ed |
| ISBN: | 9780195092998 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication Place: | Oxford, UK |
| Date Published: | 2000-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 75 |
| End Page: | 90 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | Book: 2001-16740-005 |
| PROVIDER: | Ovid Technologies |
| PROVIDER: | psycinfo |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Book Chapter: 6 -- Chochinov, Harvey M [Ed ; Breitbart, William [Ed -- xx, 435 -- Source: PsycINFO |
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