Palliative Care in Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders (eBook)

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview on palliative care for patients with hematologic malignancies and other serious blood disorders. The text reviews the unique needs of this patient population, management strategies for hematologists/oncologists and palliative care clinician collaboration, and issues salient to the provision of palliative care, including communication, decision-making, advance care planning, symptom management, ethics, and nursing considerations. The book also spotlights special hematology populations, such as pediatric and older adult patients, and issues pertaining to the care of patients with blood disorders at the end of life.

Written by experts in the field, Palliative Care for Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders: A Clinical Guide is a valuable resource that will support and guide clinicians as they care for this patient population and address their particular needs.

Dr.  Ullrich is an Institute Physician in Pediatric Palliative Care and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital and an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Having completed fellowships in both areas, as well as a health services research fellowship, she is board certified in both the subspecialties of hospice and palliative medicine and pediatric hematology/oncology.

Her main career aim is to optimize the wellbeing of children with serious illness.  Through a focus on children who undergo HSCT, she aims to integrate the principles of palliative care into the care of children undergoing intense, cure-oriented treatment such as HSCT through a variety of clinical, educational and research undertakings. She has written some of the first papers on palliative care in HSCT (adult or pediatric), including one demonstrating differences in end of life outcomes associated with palliative care consultation.  She is also conducting one of the largest studies of symptoms and QOL as reported by children themselves in this population. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Special Interest Group for Palliative Care

Dr. Ullrich is the Clinical Director of the Pediatric Advanced Care Team, an expert and dedicated interdisciplinary team caring for children with a wide range of serious or advanced conditions at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute.  She can't imagine more rewarding or fulfilling work.