Intro; Contents; Foreword; List of contributors; Part I; 1 Introduction: is surgical palliative care a paradox?; 2 Selection and preparation of patients for surgical palliation; 3 The ethics of interventional care; 4 The physiological response to surgical trauma; 5 Psychological response to surgery; 6 Spirituality and surgery; 7 Interdisciplinary care; 8 Quality of life issues in palliative surgery; 9 Anaesthesia and perioperative pain management; Part II; 10 Symptom palliation of diseases of the head and neck (including dentistry); 11 The surgical relief of the symptomatic chest
12 Surgery for the control of symptoms in the abdomen13 Symptom control in urological malignancy; 14 Wound and reconstructive problems in advanced disease; 15 Neurosurgical palliation; 16 The role of the ophthalmologist in advanced disease; 17 Perspectives from the developing world and diverse societies; 18 Epilogue: a message to all surgeons; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
Summary
Describes the principles and practice of surgery in the context of palliative and supportive care. A first section deals with general issues, from quality of life measurement to spirituality. The second illustrates their application in different specialties of surgery
