Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Oncology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199661626 ISBN 13: 9780199661626

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain gives advice on advanced pain management techniques for cancer pains. Emphasis is placed on the suitability and selection of patients for different invasive and complex procedures based on the patient's history.

Case histories provide compressive insight into the complexities of holistic management, with pain being only one of the factors that distress patients and families. The book also covers cancer pain management for patients in a community setting including, the collaboration between pain and palliative medicine.

This practical guide to the management and treatment of complex cancer pain is essential reading for all oncologists, pain, and palliative care specialists.

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About the Author

Manohar Sharma, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Department of Pain Medicine, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK,Sanjeeva Gupta, Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia, Bradford Royal Infirmary, UK,Michael Bennett, Professor of Palliative Medicine, International Observatory on End of Life Care, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK,Karen Simpson, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199661626
• ISBN 13: 9780199661626
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Sharma Manohar, Gupta Sanjeeva, Bennett Michael, Simpson Karen