Self-assessment Cases

Select a case from the list below. Each case includes questions for self-test.

• Chapter 8 Best practice in pain management
• Chapter 11 Managing nausea and vomiting
• Chapter 13 Understanding depression
• Chapter 14 Understanding delirium and confusion
• Chapter 16 Managing lymphoedema
• Chapter 17 Managing hypercalcaemia of malignancy
• Chapter 20 Managing breathlessnes
• Chapter 22 Explaining and exploring cachexia, anorexia and fatigue
• Chapter 27 Chemotherapy
• Chapter 29 Palliative approaches in heart failure
• Chapter 30 Palliative approaches to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Chapter 31 Palliative approaches in motor neurone disease
• Chapter 33 Palliative approaches for people with progressive kidney disease: a non-dialytic pathway
• Chapter 35 Principles of palliative care for older people
• Chapter 37 Care for people with mental illness
• Chapter 38 Care for people with learning disabilities
• Chapter 39 Care for the homeless person
• Chapter 40 Care for people in prison
• Chapter 42 The social worker
• Chapter 43 The occupational therapist
• Chapter 44 The physiotherapist
• Chapter 51 Stress in palliative care nursing
• Chapter 53 Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining care
• Chapter 54 Recognising and planning for the terminal phase of life
• Chapter 55 Changing goals of care at end of life
• Chapter 57 Care at the moment of death
• Chapter 59 Bereavement