Choices in Palliative Care brings together leading experts to spotlight core issues in the field and identify ways PC can fill gaps in current care systems. This far-sighted volume redefines palliative care as interdisciplinary and integrative, bridging acute and long-term care to respond to clients' evolving needs. Those teaching health service delivery courses will find this material especially useful.

This book addresses the need for more information on the management of palliative care programs. Part I addresses the various settings where palliative care occurs, Part II addresses the specific disease management approach and quality of life care including cancer, heart disease, dementia and AIDS/HIV. Part III addresses specific issues in palliative care by population including minorities, the elderly, and children. While Part IV addresses broader professional issues including developing a business plan for a palliative care program, legal and ethical issues around end-of-life care, quality management and policy issues. This book will travel well with existing public health textbook titles, particularly those focusing on health services delivery.

Palliative Care in Acute Care Hospitals.- Palliative Care in Nursing Facilities.- Patient-Centered Palliative Care in the Home.- Hospice Care.- The Role of Cancer Rehabilitation in the Maintenance of Functional Integrity and Quality of Life.- HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care: Models of Care and Policy Issues.- Palliative Care and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.- Palliative Care and Chronic Heart Failure.- Palliative Care for Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia: Advance Care Planning Across Transition Points.- Children and Issues Around Palliative Care.- Palliative Care and the Elderly: Complex Case Management.- The Business of Palliative Medicine: Business Planning, Models of Care and Program Development.- Palliative Care and Quality Management: The Core Principles of Quality Improvement and their Utility in Designing Clinical Programs for End of Life Care and Complex Case Management Models.- Ethics and the Delivery of Palliative Care.