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The "Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine" has firmly established itself as the definitive book on the subject and is highly acclaimed world-wide. The new edition has been significantly revised and updated to reflect the enormous changes in palliative care over the last five years. Two new international co-editors, Nathan Cherny and Sir Kenneth Calman, have been recruited and bring vast experience to the book.
The new edition includes sixty-six completely new chapters and contributors. New sections and chapters devoted exclusively to such non-malignant conditions as cardiac disease, non-malignant respiratory disease, non-malignant neurological disease and AIDS have been added as well as new chapters on palliative medicine in intensive care and geriatric care, and complementary and alternative therapies in palliative medicine. There is a brand new section on contributions to palliative care of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, music, art and speech therapists, stoma therapists, clinical pharmacists and clinical psychologists. Every chapter used in the first two editions have been radically reviewed and brought up-to-date. There are authoritative international contributions from over 150 renowned experts.
The book is written for doctors, specialist palliative medicine physicians, oncologists, geriatricians, surgeons, family physicians, neurologists and chest physicians. We know, however, that it is much used by nurses and researchers in other disciplines, though not written primarily for them.
The new edition includes sixty-six completely new chapters and contributors. New sections and chapters devoted exclusively to such non-malignant conditions as cardiac disease, non-malignant respiratory disease, non-malignant neurological disease and AIDS have been added as well as new chapters on palliative medicine in intensive care and geriatric care, and complementary and alternative therapies in palliative medicine. There is a brand new section on contributions to palliative care of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, music, art and speech therapists, stoma therapists, clinical pharmacists and clinical psychologists. Every chapter used in the first two editions have been radically reviewed and brought up-to-date. There are authoritative international contributions from over 150 renowned experts.
The book is written for doctors, specialist palliative medicine physicians, oncologists, geriatricians, surgeons, family physicians, neurologists and chest physicians. We know, however, that it is much used by nurses and researchers in other disciplines, though not written primarily for them.
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About the Author:
Dr Derek Doyle, Vice-President of the National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services; President Emeritus of the International Hospice Institute and formerly Medical Director, St Columba's Hospice, Edinburgh Professor Geoffrey Hanks, Professor of Palliative Medicine,
University of Bristol, Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, Horfield Road, Bristol, UK Dr Nathan Cherny, Director Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine Service, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham, Old Shire
Hall, Durham, UK
Review:
University of Bristol, Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, Horfield Road, Bristol, UK Dr Nathan Cherny, Director Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine Service, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham, Old Shire
Hall, Durham, UK
`Review from previous edition ...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
`...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
'The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine is the best selling 'Oxford Textbook' in relation to the size of the specialty...Because this edition is so user-friendly, one is easily side-tracked by new and intriguing subject headings, which means one inevitably reads far more than one intended
to - a delightful recreation...'
The first edition sold mainly to doctors and the second edition is even more attractive... The medical market is ensured, partly because of this and partly because no respectable doctor in palliative medicine would wish to be seen without a copy prominently displayed upon his/her
bookshelf...Doctors training in specialist palliative medicine will find this an invaluable resource...'
`Nurses too will be enthusiastci about this edition which contains much new material which will be of interest to nurses...''
Progress in Palliative Care
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
`...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
'The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine is the best selling 'Oxford Textbook' in relation to the size of the specialty...Because this edition is so user-friendly, one is easily side-tracked by new and intriguing subject headings, which means one inevitably reads far more than one intended
to - a delightful recreation...'
The first edition sold mainly to doctors and the second edition is even more attractive... The medical market is ensured, partly because of this and partly because no respectable doctor in palliative medicine would wish to be seen without a copy prominently displayed upon his/her
bookshelf...Doctors training in specialist palliative medicine will find this an invaluable resource...'
`Nurses too will be enthusiastci about this edition which contains much new material which will be of interest to nurses...''
Progress in Palliative Care
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0198510985
- ISBN 13 9780198510987
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number3
- Number of pages1280
- EditorDoyle Derek, Hanks Geoffrey, Cherny Nathan I., Calman Sir Kenneth
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