Oxford textbook of palliative medicine
By: edited by Derek Doyle ... [et al.].
Contributors: Doyle, Derek.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1244
Subjects: Palliative Care; Pain -- therapy
Other titles: Palliative medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sect. 1. Introduction; title: Sect. 2. The challenge of palliative medicine; title: Sect. 3. Ethical issues; title: Sect. 4. Communication and palliative medicine; title: Sect. 5. Research in palliative medicine; title: Sect. 6. Patient evaluation and outcome measures; title: Sect. 7. Principles of drug use in palliative medicine; title: Sect. 8. Symptom management; title: Sect. 9. Paediatric palliative medicine; title: Sect. 10. Palliative medicine in non-malignant disease; title: Sect. 11. Cultural and spiritual aspects of palliative medicine; title: Sect. 12. Emotional issues in palliative medicine; title: Sect. 13. Social work in palliative medicine; title: Sect. 14. Rehabilitation in palliative medicine; title: Sect. 15. The contribution to palliative medicine of allied health professions; title: Sect. 16. Complementary therapies in palliative medicine; title: Sect. 17. Palliative medicine in the home; title: Sect. 18. The terminal phase; title: Sect. 19. Bereavement; title: Sect. 20. Education and training in palliative medicine; title: Sect. 21. Palliative medicine - a global perspective.