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Part I: Overview: The Social and Cultural Context of Old Age and Frailty; 1: Variability in End-of-Life Care in the United States; 2: Developmental Challenges and Opportunities for \"Growth\": The Inner Life at the End of Life; 3: Assessing Quality of Life and Quality of Dying in the Elderly: Implications for Clinical Practice of Palliative Medicine; 4: The Place of Love in the Care of Persons with Advanced Dementia; 5: Artifical Nutrition and Hydration; 6: Age, Rationing and Palliative Care; 7: Ethical Aspects of Geriatric Palliative Care; 8: Respecting Diversity; Part II: Disease- and Syndrome-Specific Aspects of Palliative Care; 9: Frailty and its Implications for Care; 10: Heart Disease; 11: Cancer; 12: Stroke: Prognosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation; 13: Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases; 14: Chronic Lung Disease and Lung Cancer; 15: End-Stage Renal Disease and Discontinuation of Dialysis; Part III: Symptom Distress in Older Patients; 16: Pain; 17: Dyspnea; 18: Gastrointestinal Symptoms; 19: Fatigue; 20: Delirium, Anxiety and Depression; Part IV: Communication; 21: Advance Care Planning for Frail, Older Persons; 22: Doctor-Patient Communication; 23: Decision Making for the Cognitively Impaired; Part V: Structures of Care for the Chronically Ill with Palliative Care Needs; 24: Can We Make the Health-Care System Work?; 25: Palliative Care in the Nursing Home; 26: Family Caregivers: Burdens and Opportunities; 27: Home Care for Frail Older Adults; 28: Hospital-Based Palliative Care

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