Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192625667 ISBN 13: 9780192625663

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The first edition of this book was highly acclaimed and became the definitive text in the area. Its successor has been substantially enlarged, revised and improved. New chapters cover the provision and economics of palliative care, measurement of pain and other symptoms, principles of drug use, interventional radiology, asthenia, pruritus and sweating, pediatric palliative care, AIDS in children, and multiprofessional education. A number of chapters have been completely or substantially re-written. Over 100 European and North American experts contribute to this edition, many for the first time.
The Textbook's wide-ranging approach details every aspect of palliative care--physical, emotional, social and spiritual--in both research and practice. Sections examine the scientific principles underlying the subject, and offer a thorough review of the current status of research in the field. Besides emphasizing the emotional and psychological needs of the dying, the book considers the suffering of the family and discusses bereavement, support, the involvement of relatives, and the issue of domiciliary care. Other chapters cover the ethical aspects of care, rehabilitation, and the education and training of health professionals. Although based on practice in the developed world, the growing relevance of palliative care in the developing world is stressed throughout.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr D Doyle, 7 Kaimes Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6JR; tel: 0131-334-3168; fax: 0131-662-2771
Professor G W Hanks, Department of Palliative Medicine, Bristol Oncology Centre, Horfield Road, BRISTOL BS2 8ED; tel: 0117 928 3336 fax: 0117 928 3865
Professor N MacDonald, Director, Center for Bioethics, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1R7 tel: 001-514-987-5617 fax: 001- 514-987-5695

Review:

" This book contains a massive amount of information, and readers will find something on anything they might want to know about in caring for the terminal patient ... a fine, cost-effective reference for the care of the patient receiving palliation ... for a clinic or hospital library."
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (1999)

"...will surely become the definitive reference book for everyone practicing in this field... should find a place in every library and palliative care unit." Palliative Care

"This book is an important benchmark in palliative medicine and should remove from the clinicians language the phrase 'Nothing more can be done'. Indeed, it is the premier textbook of knowledge about what can be done. It should be required reading for oncologists and hospice clinicians, as
well as for primary care physicians'. New England Journal of Medicine

'Comprehensive coverage, readable and informative style, and up to date and scientifically presented information make the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine a welcome and excellent textbook. The book's coverage of practical issues is excellent. Management of symptoms is covered
comprehensively and clearly, and ethical, cultural, and spiritual issues are discussed in an informative style... This is an important, well written, and extremely useful book." British Medical Journal

`This is the second edition of the most authoritative work encompassing the greater part of palliative care. There is material here for all disciplines ... admirably fulfils its role as a source of evidence-based practice in palliative care ... this edition strengthens the Oxford textbook's
position as the definitive overview of the field and pracitioners will want to have it available to them, either in their libraries or on their own bookshelves. The editors are to be congratulated on having drawn together all of this material from over 100 contributors.'
Stephen Kirkham, Palliative Medicine 1997 12

`The editors of Palliative Medicine have gathered together 134 contributors from all over the world to produce this splendid medical reference book. The book is all you would expect of a modern medical textbook with boxes, tables and lengthy reference lists.'
The Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

" This is a welcome revision to the first edition ... a rich, comprehensive, and current account of palliative medicine. ... recommended to all physicians and other professionals with an interest in the care of the terminally ill." Annals of the RCPSC (June 1998)

`'...the definitive textbook on the subject has now gone to the second edition only five years since the first edition...a tour de force of the palliative care and although the work Medicine is used in the title, this is very definitely a multi-disciplinary textbook..This is a thoroughly
readable textbook which should be available to all doctors and nurses who come into contact with patients with incurable disease as especially in the last few months of life the carers usually only have "one chance to get it right."'
John Moyle, Pain Network Newsletter, no.19, Summer 1998.

`'This is a welcome revision to the first edition, which was published in 1993. Developments since then have necessitated a new edition of this outstanding and definitive text. Much of the material has been revised, new material and authors added, and a few of the best sections in the first
edition have been kept...This is a rich, comprehensive, and current account of palliative medicine. It may be recommended to all physicians and other professionals with an interest in the care of the terminally ill. The text reflects the speciality's interdisciplinary nature by drawing on authors
throughout the world who represent a wide array of disciplines.'
John F. Seely MD, Annals of the Royal College of Pysicians and Surgeons of Canada, Vol.31, no.4, June 1998

`...will surely become the definitive reference book for everyone practicing in this field... should find a place in every library and palliative care unit.'
Palliative Care

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0192625667
• ISBN 13: 9780192625663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1312
• Editor: Doyle Derek, Hanks Geoffrey W. C., MacDonald Neil