Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care

by Max Watson (Editor), Stephen Ward (Editor), Nandini Vallath (Editor), Jo Wells (Editor), Rachel Campbell (Editor)

Overview

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'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191062889
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	09/12/2019
Series:	Oxford Medical Handbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1104
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Professor Max Watson is Director of Project ECHO at Hospice UK in London, former Medical Director of Northern Ireland Hospice, Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queens University Belfast, and Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 2024, for services to Palliative Care Medicine. Rachel Campbell is a speciality trainee in palliative medicine at the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA), and was formerly was an ADEPT Fellow on the Clinical Leadership Fellow's Program. Nandini Vallath is a clinical consultant and director of projects at the Trivandum Institute of Palliative Sciences in India. She was awarded the 2015 Cancer Aid Society Palliative Care Award for Excellence and Leadership in the SAARC region. Nandini collaborates with NGOs and government officials to develop policies to improve palliative care, and has helped develop modules for palliative care at undergratudate and professional levels. Stephen Ward is a Teacher Practitioner Pharmacist in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. In addition to providing a clinical pharmacy service in the Royal Victoria Hospital, he has also developed a medication safety programme for final year medical students. Stephen studied pharmacy in Queen's University Belfast before working as a hospital pharmacist in Uganda. Following this, he worked as a clinical pharmacist in the Belfast Trust and Northern Ireland Hospice. His research interests include medical education, palliative care and respiratory medicine. Jo Wells is a Nurse Consultant at the Southern Adelaide Palliative Service in Australia, and was formerly a Support Services Co-ordinator at The Leukaemia Foundation, South Australia.

Table of Contents

• 1: Ethical issues and the person in the patient
• 2: Communication in palliative care
• 3: Research in palliative care
• 4: Quality of life
• 5: Principles of drug use in palliative care
• 6: Oncology and palliative care
• 7: Palliative care and haematology
• 8: Pain management
• 9: Gastrointestinal symptoms
• 10: Respiratory symptoms
• 11: Genitourinary symptoms
• 12: Skin problems in palliative care
• 13: Neurological problems in advanced cancer
• 14: Palliation of head and neck cancer
• 15: Endocrine and metabolic complications of advanced cancer
• 16: Paediatrics
• 17: Heart failure
• 18: Renal failure
• 19: HIV and palliative care
• 20: Dementia and frailty
• 21: Palliative care in non-malignant neurological disease
• 22: Psychiatric symptoms in palliative care
• 23: Spiritual care
• 24: The contribution to palliative care of allied health professions
• 25: Complementary and alternative medicine
• 26: Population based end of life care
• 27: Hospital liaison
• 28: Palliative and end of life care for people with learning disabilities
• 29: Emergencies
• 30: Terminal phase
• 31: Bereavement
• 32: Self care for health professionals
• 33: Access to palliative care - international perspectives
• 34: Miscellaneous

Editorial Reviews

"A good, affordable, pocket-sized, reference providing a reasonable coverage of palliative care." — Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Newsletter

"this is a superb update to an already excellent book and especially for primary care, this is a great support for helping to manage a particular patient ... This book is full of gems and offers excellent clinical support for a health care professional involved in providing direct patient palliative care." — Dr Harry Brown,MBChB, Glycosmedia

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