authors:subjects:publishers:series:- Oxford medical publications
ISBN:notes:- Text on inside covers.
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- 1. Ethical issues; 2. Breaking bad news; 3. Research in palliative care; 4. Principles of drug use in palliative medicine; 5. Oncology and palliative care; 6. Symptom management; 6.1 The management of pain; 6.2 Gastro-intestinal symptoms; 6.3 Cachexia, anorexia and fatigue; 6.4 Sweating and fever; 6.5 Respiratory symptoms; 6.6 Skin problems in palliative care; 6.7 Genito-urinary problems; 6.8 Palliation of head and neck cancer; 6.9 Endocrine and metabolic complications of advanced cancer; 6.10 Neurological problems in advanced cancer; 6.11 Sleep disorders; 6.12 Haematological aspects; 6.13 Psychiatric symptoms in palliative medicine; 7. Paediatric palliative care; 8. Palliative care in non-malignant disease; 8.1 AIDS in adults; 8.2 Palliative care in non-malignant respiratory disease; 8.3 Palliative care in heart failure; 8.4 Palliative care in non-malignant neurological disease; 8.5 Palliation in the care of the elderly; 9. Spiritual care; 10. The contribution to palliative care by associated health professionals; 10.1 Rehabilitation; 10.2 Occupational therapy; 10.3 Dietetics and nutrition; 10.4 Physiotherapy; 10.5 Speech and language therapy; 10.6 Clinical psychology; 10.7 Social work; 10.8 The chaplain; 11. Complementary therapies in palliative care; 12. Palliative care in the home; 13. The terminal phase; 14. Bereavement; 15. Emergencies in palliative care; 16. Miscellaneous.
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