Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Section 1. Essential Aspects Of Serious Illness Patient Care: Structure And Processes -- 1. The Physician Assistant's Role In Palliative Care Medicine -- 2. Palliative Models Of Care Delivery -- 3. Evolution Of The Palliative Team -- 4. Whole-.person Assessment Of The Patient -- 5. Enhanced Communication Skills -- 6. Decision-.making Toolkit -- Section 2. Spiritual, Religious, And Existential Aspects Of Care 7. Clinical Interprofessional Model Of Spiritual Care: Assessing For And Treating Spiritual Distress -- 8. Foundational Guidance In Grief And Bereavement -- 9. Caring For The Palliative Care Clinician: Fostering Resilience -- Section 3. Illness Burden And Its Management: Physical Aspects Of Care -- 10. Constitutional Symptoms -- 11. Gastrointestinal Symptoms -- 12. Cardiopulmonary System -- 13. Genitourinary Issues In Palliative Care -- 14. Assessment And Management Of Pain -- 15. Psychological And Psychiatric Aspects Of Care -- Section 4. Special Populations And Communities 16. Pediatric Population -- 17. Older Adult Population -- 18. Lgbtq Community -- 19. Patients With Substance Use Disorder -- 20. Veteran Population -- 21. Prisoners' And Ex-.offenders' Community -- Section 5. Care Transitions Including End Of Life -- 22. Withdrawal Of Life Support -- 23. Last Days And Hours Of Life -- 24. Transitions In Palliative And End-.of-.life Care -- Section 6. Social, Cultural, And Legal Aspects Of Care -- 25. Family Stress: Including Cultural Context -- 26. Ethical And Legal Issues: Evaluation And Management -- Index Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.