Evidence-Based Palliative Care Across The Life Spam -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Methods -- 1.3 Chapter structure -- 2 Developments in Palliative Care -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The history of palliative care -- 2.3 Definition -- 2.4 Philosophy of palliative care -- 2.5 European Association for Palliative Care -- 2.6 Summary and conclusions -- 3 Models of Palliative Care -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Palliative care models -- 3.3 Members of an interdisciplinary palliative care team -- 3.4 Conclusions -- 4 Models of Palliative Care for Children -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Life-limiting illnesses in palliative care -- 4.3 Models of care -- 4.4 Palliative care at home -- 4.5 Development of multidisciplinary guidelines -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 5 Evaluation of Palliative Care -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Population-based studies -- 5.3 Effectiveness studies -- 5.4 Cost-effectiveness studies -- 5.5 Conclusions -- 6 Evaluation of Palliative Care Services: Views of Home Carers and Health Professionals -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Views of home carers -- 6.3 Views of professional carers -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 7 Pain and Symptom Management -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Symptom prevalence in palliative care -- 7.3 Assessment and management of pain -- 7.4 Assessment and management of dyspnoea -- 7.5 Assessment and management of fatigue -- 7.6 Assessment and management of nausea and vomiting -- 7.7 Assessment and management of anorexia -- 7.8 Assessment and management of constipation -- 7.9 Assessment and management of depression -- 7.10 Assessment and management of delirium -- 7.11 Conclusions -- 8 Pain and Symptom Management in Children -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Symptom prevalence -- 8.3 Pain and symptom management -- 8.4 Care of the dying child -- 8.5 Conclusions -- 9 Instruments to Assess Quality of Palliative Care.

9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Quality of life and other outcomes in palliative care research -- 9.3 Outcome measures: symptoms, functional status, quality of life and quality of care instruments in pallittive care -- 9.4 Methodological issues -- 9.5 Caregiver quality of life -- 9.6 Conclusions -- 10 Evaluation of Palliative Care Services: Problems, Pitfalls and Recommendations -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Methodology issues -- 10.3 Qualitative methods -- 10.4 Prognosis issues -- 10.5 Ethical considerations -- 10.6 Conclusions and recommendations -- 11 Bridging the Evidence to Clinical Practice: A Glimpse at Future Challenges in Palliative Care -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Reflections on palliative care -- 11.3 The research evidence -- 11.4 Reflections on service delivery and policy issues -- 11.5 Challenges facing palliative care in the future -- References -- Further Reading -- Index.