The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care returns for a third edition, maintaining the concise yet comprehensive format suited to the busy practitioner for quick access to key information, and fully updated to reflect changes in the palliative care landscape.
Featuring an increased emphasis on non-malignant diseases such as dementia, this authoritative text combines evidence-based care with the bedside experience of experienced palliative care professionals to give the reader a complete overview of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of care for the end-of-life patient. Symptom management is covered in detail, with updated formulary tables and syringe driver protocols, and a new chapter on international perspectives to broaden the reader's perception of methods for delivering end-of-life care.
The third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care is the essential companion for all of those working with adults, children, and families with palliative care needs, in both hospital and community settings.
The following correction has been made online and will be included in the first reprint. Readers can get in touch with us directly using the contact details on the back of the book or at our online form via the address below with questions or comments: https://global.oup.com/academic/category/medicine-and-health
Chapter 5. Page 109
The dose for Hyoscine butylbromide sc has been amended in line with NICE guidance (https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/hyoscine-butylbromide.html): '20-120 mg 4 hourly' has been corrected to '20-80mg 4 hourly'.
Author(s): Max Watson, Stephen Ward, Nandini Vallath, Jo Wells, Rachel Campbell
Series: Oxford Medical Handbooks
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 977
Tags: Palliative Medicine
Cover......Page 1
Halftitle Page......Page 2
Series......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 12
Contributors......Page 14
List of abbreviations......Page 18
Introduction......Page 26
1 Ethical issues and the person in the patient......Page 42
2 Communication in palliative care......Page 74
3 Research in palliative care......Page 94
4 Quality of life......Page 104
5 Principles of drug use in palliative care......Page 114
6 Oncology and palliative care......Page 166
7 Palliative care and haematology......Page 250
8 Pain management......Page 278
9 Gastrointestinal symptoms......Page 358
10 Respiratory symptoms......Page 406
11 Genitourinary problems......Page 426
12 Skin problems in palliative care......Page 448
13 Neurological problems in advanced cancer......Page 462
14 Palliation of head and neck cancer......Page 474
15 Endocrine and metabolic complications
of advanced cancer......Page 502
16 Paediatric palliative care......Page 518
17 Heart failure......Page 578
18 Renal failure......Page 588
19 HIV and palliative care......Page 602
20 Dementia and frailty......Page 620
21 Palliative care in non-malignant
neurological disease......Page 660
22 Psychiatric symptoms in palliative care......Page 678
23 Spiritual care......Page 698
24 The contribution to palliative care of
allied health professions......Page 714
25 Complementary and alternative medicines......Page 756
26 Population-based end-of-life care......Page 780
27 Hospital liaison palliative care......Page 804
28 Palliative and end-of-life care for people
with learning disabilities......Page 818
29 Emergencies in palliative care......Page 826
30 The terminal phase......Page 844
31 Bereavement......Page 858
32 Self-care for health professionals......Page 876
33 Access to palliative care: international
perspectives......Page 884
34 Miscellaneous......Page 906
Index......Page 944
