End of life content in geriatric textbooks: what is the current situation?

Wu, Huei Yaw; Malik, Farida A; Higginson, Irene J

doi:10.1186/1472-684X-5-5

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Table 1 Textbook coverage of end-of-life care

From: End of life content in geriatric textbooks: what is the current situation?

	Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology	Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine	Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology-Hazzard et al.	The Merck Manual of Geriatrics	Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics- Kane
Alzheimer's Disease
Epidemiology	++	++	++	++	++
Disease progression	++	+	++	++	+
Prognostic factors	0	0	0	++	0
Symptom management: a) Symptom present at eol/advanced stage b) Medical intervention that improves symptom	+ +	+ +	+ +	++ 0	+ +
Mode of death	0	0	0	+	0
Emotional, social and spiritual	++	+	0	+	++
Advance care planning	+	+	0	++	++
Ethics	+	0	0	+	+
Decision making	+	0	0	+	+
Effect of death and dying on family	++	++	+	++	++
Stroke
Epidemiology	++	++	+	++	++
Disease progression	++	+	++	+	+
Prognostic factors	+	++	++	++	0
Symptom management: a) Symptom present at eol/advanced stage b) Medical intervention that improves symptom	+ 0	++ ++	+ 0	++ +	+ 0
Mode of death	+	+	+	0	0
Emotional, social and spiritual	++	+	0	+	0
Advance care planning	0	0	0	++	0
Ethics	+	++	0	+	0
Decision making	+	+	0	+	0
Effect of death and dying on family	++	++	0	0	0
Chronic Heart Failure
Epidemiology	++	++	++	+	0
Disease progression	+	0	+	+	0
Prognostic factors	+	+	++	++	0
Symptom management: a) Symptom present at eol/advanced stage b) Medical intervention that improves symptom	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	0 +
Mode of death	0	0	+	0	0
Emotional, social and spiritual	0	0	+	+	0
Advance care planning	0	0	++	+	0
Ethics	0	0	++	+	0
Decision making	0	0	++	+	0
Effect of death and dying on family	0	0	+	0	0
COPD
Epidemiology	++	++	++	++	-
Disease progression	++	+	++	++	-
Prognostic factors	++	++	+	++	-
Symptom management: a) Symptom present at eol/advanced stage b) Medical intervention that improves symptom	++ +	+ +	+ +	++ ++	- -
Mode of death	+	+	0	+	-
Emotional, social and spiritual	++	+	+	+	-
Advance care planning	0	+	0	++	-
Ethics	0	+	0	+	-
Decision making	0	+	0	++	-
Effect of death and dying on family	0	0	0	+	-
Lung Cancer
Epidemiology	++	+	++	++	-
Disease progression	+	+	+	+	-
Prognostic factors	0	++	++	+	-
Symptom management: a) Symptom present at eol/advanced stage b) Medical intervention that improves symptom	+ +	0 +	++ ++	++ ++	- -
Mode of death	0	0	0	0	-
Emotional, social and spiritual	+	+	+	+	-
Advance care planning	0	0	0	+	-
Ethics	0	+	0	0	-
Decision making	0	++	0	+	-
Effect of death and dying on family	0	+	+	+	-

'0'-no information on death and dying; '+' -score 1, includes minimally helpful information on death and dying; '++' -score 2, includes helpful information on care of the dying; '-' -disease not covered in textbook

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