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A Practical and Comprehensive Introduction to the Field of Palliative Medicine “This is not so much a handbook of palliative care as the handbook of palliative care.” -Palliative Medicine The Third Edition of the BMA’s 1999 Medical Book of the Year provides valuable insights into the complex issues that arise in the delivery of palliative care. It is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in palliative care no matter what the setting-be it hospital, hospice, or community. Handbook of Palliative Care, Third Edition provides the what, how, and why of palliative care, helping providers follow best practices developed by specialists and supported by available research. It handily combines clinical practice and theoretical concepts in a succinct format, making the latest knowledge easy to find and apply. The Third Edition provides: * Comprehensive and authoritative information as well as thorough detail on how to apply it * Guidance from UK and North American clinicians who are experts in their field * Up-to-date overviews of medicine management and complementary medicine in palliative care * Considerations of audit and ethical issues in palliative medicine * New chapters tackling important issues like Choice, Equality, and Diversity; Dementia; and Advance Care Planning * A thoroughly revised chapter on cancer complications including the latest on lymphoedema This Third Edition of Handbook of Palliative Care is the book for doctors, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, social workers, family members, and anyone involved with or providing palliative care. The First Edition was the winner of the 1999 BMA Medical Book of the Year Prize. List of contributors, vii Foreword, x Preface to the Third Edition, xii Acknowledgements, xv List of Abbreviations, xvi 1 The context and principles of palliative care, 1 Christina Faull 2 Palliative care in the community, 15 Daniel Munday and Rodger Charlton 3 Public and patient involvement in palliative care, 29 Neil Small 4 Palliative care: choice, equality, and diversity, 42 Liz Grant, Joanna Dunn and Aziz Sheikh 5 Ethical issues in palliative care, 52 Sharon de Caestecker 6 Communication skills in palliative care, 65 Sharon de Caestecker 7 Adapting to death, dying, and bereavement, 81 Christina Faull and Sue Taplin 8 Advance care planning, 93 Richard Wong 9 Pain and its management, 109 Alex Nicholson 10 The management of gastrointestinal symptoms and advanced liver disease, 139 Andrew Chilton, Christina Faull, Wendy Prentice and Monica Compton 11 The management of respiratory symptoms and advanced COPD, 160 Christine Jones 12 Managing complications of cancer, 184 Rachael Barton and Debbie Allanson 13 Palliative care for people with progressive neurological disorders, 207 David Oliver 14 Palliative care for people with HIV infection and AIDS, 218 Surinder Singh and Nick Theobald 15 Palliative care for children, 231 Harold Siden and Camara van Breemen 16 Palliative care for adolescents and young adults, 247 Daniel Kelly, Victoria Lidstone, Jacqueline Edwards and Jo Griffiths 17 Palliative care for people with advanced dementia, 257 Rachael E. Dixon 18 Palliative care in advanced heart disease, 265 Ryan Liebscher and Fraser Black 19 Palliative care in advanced renal disease, 279 Deb Braithwaite 20 Pressure ulcer care and the management of malignant wounds, 289 Mary Walding 21 Terminal care and dying, 295 Christina Faull and Alex Nicholson 22 The syringe driver and medicines management in palliative care, 323 Christine Hirsch and Maria McKenna 23 Complementary approaches to palliative cancer care, 340 Elizabeth Thompson and Catherine Zollman 24 Spirituality in palliative care, 356 Megory Anderson and Christina Faull Index, 365
