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Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care
Second Edition
Max Watson, Caroline Lucas, Andrew Hoy, and Jo Wells
1,078 pages
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30 black/white line diagrams
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180x100mm
978-0-19-923435-6
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Flexicovers
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26 March 2009
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- A concise, practical guide to all aspects of palliative care
- Revised and updated to include the latest guidelines and management options available
- Now with additional advice on the nursing aspects of palliative care
- Includes up-to-date drug formularies for palliative care medication, syringe drivers and paediatric drugs
New to this edition - All sections have been thoroughly revised and updated
- Features new sections on international palliative care, self care and palliative care in acute situations
- Now with additional material on the use of antibiotics, research in palliative care, and quality of life issues.
The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care covers all aspects of palliative care in a concise and succinct format suited to busy professionals who need to access key information in their daily care of patients.
This new edition is revised throughout, with an additional emphasis on the nursing aspects of Palliative Care. The authors have included new sections on international palliative care, self care and liaison palliative care in acute hospitals. There is also extended material on the use of antibiotics, palliative care research and quality of life issues.
The second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care continues to be an invaluable resource for all health professionals working with adults,
children and families with palliative care needs.Readership: Trainees in palliative medicine, specialist nurses, general practitioners and all health care professionals looking after patients with palliative care needs.
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Max Watson, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Northern Ireland Hospice, Belfast; Lecturer in Palliative Care, University of Ulster, Belfast; Special Adviser Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme, Dublin; Honorary Consultant Palliative Medicine, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, UK, Caroline Lucas, Deputy Medical Director, Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Surrey; Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Surrey Primary Care Trust; Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, Andrew Hoy, Medical Director, Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Surrey; Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, and Jo Wells, Support
Services Co-ordinator, The Leukaemia Foundation, South Australia Max Watson is a consultant at the Northern Ireland Hospice , and lecturer in Palliative Medicine at the University of Ulster. He is also an honorary consultant at the Princess Alice Hospice in Esher and Special Adviser to the Hospice Friendly Hospitals programme in Dublin.
Trained in theology and medicine, Max spent eight years in Nepal working in a rural hospital where he set up a General Practice training programme, and returning to the UK he completed Palliative Medicine training in London and Belfast.
Max is on the central committee of the Gold Standards Framework, a member of the the National Cancer Research Institute, and since 2000 has established a home study Certificate programme in essential palliative care which runs across the UK and internationally.
He is an author of several books, including the Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care, The Oxford Core Text in Oncology, and the London and Northern Ireland Adult and Paediatric Palliative Medicine guidelines.
Contributors:
Owen Barr, Head of School, School of Nursing, University of Ulster, N. Ireland
Barbara Biggerstaff, Senior Occupational Therapist, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Kathy Birch, Physiotherapist, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Maggie Breen, Macmillan clinical nurse specialist, Oncology Outreach and Symptom Care Nurse Specialist Team, Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, UK
Michael Burgess, H.M.Coroner for Surrey, Coroner of The Queen's Household, UK
David Cameron, Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria,
South Africa
Robin Cole, Consultant Urological Surgeon, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, UK
Simon Coulter, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Marie Curie Hospice, Belfast, UK
Melaine Coward, Deputy Head of Programmes, Division of health and Social Care, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK
Kay de Vries, Research Fellow at Surrey University and Senior lecturer at The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Judith Delaney, Haematology/Oncology Senior Pharmacist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
Gill Eyers, Senior Principal Pharmacist, Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Craig Gannon,
Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Rebecca Goody, Specialty Registrar 4 in Clinical Oncology at the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
Patricia Grocott, Reader in Palliative Wound Care Technology Transfer, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King's College London, UK
David Hill, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Ulster Hospital, Belfast, UK
Jenny Hynson, Consultant Paediatrician, Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Jean Kerr, Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher and Head of Speech & Language Therapy, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, UK
Lulu Kreeger, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Victoria Lidstone, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Cwm Taff NHS Trust, Wales, UK
Mari Lloyd-Williams, Professor / Director of Academic Palliative and Supportive Care, School of Population, Community and Behavioural Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
Stefan Lorenzl, Associate Professor of Neurology and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany
Farida Malik, Clinical Research Training Fellow, Cicely Saunders International, London, UK
James McAleer, Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Clinical Oncology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Joan McCarthy,
Lecturer in Healthcare Ethics, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Ireland
Dorry McLaughlin, Lecturer in Palliative Care, Northern Ireland Hospice Care, Belfast, UK
Caroline McLoughlin, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Northern Ireland Deanery, UK
Alan McPhearson, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, Northern Ireland Hospice, Belfast, UK
Teresa Merino, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guilford, UK
Caroline Moore, Specialist Registrar in Urology, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, UK
Barbara Monroe, CQSW Chief Executive, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
Simon Noble, Clinical Senior Lecturer in
Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Steve Nolan, Chaplain, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Ciaran O'Boyle, Professor of Psychology and Chairman, International School of Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Julian O'Kelly, Day Hospice Manager / Music Therapist, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
David Oliviere, Director of Education and Training, Education Centre, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
Victor Pace, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
Malcolm Payne, Director, Psycho-social and Spiritual Care, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
Sheila Payne, Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK
Max Pittler, Senior Research Fellow in Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, UK
Mandy Pratt, Art Psychotherapist, Creative Response - Professional Association of Art Therapists in Palliative Care, AIDS, Cancer & Loss. Affiliated to St Helena Hospice, Colchester, UK
Joan Regan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Marie Curie Hospice & Belfast Trust, Belfast, UK
Margaret Reith, Senior Social Worker, The Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, Kingston Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Karen Ryan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Francis Hospice, Mater Misericordiae University
Hospital and Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Nigel Sage, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, The Beacon Community Cancer & Palliative Care Centre, Guildford, Surrey, UK
Libby Sallnow, Speciality Trainee with an interest in Palliative Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Trust Hospitals, UK
Paula Scullin, Locum Consultant in Medical Oncology, Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
Kathy Stephenson, Macmillan Palliative Care Community Liaison Pharmacist, Craigavon Area Hospital, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, N. Ireland, UK
Nigel Sykes, Medical Director and Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK
Keri Thomas, National Clinical Lead for the Gold Standards Framework
Centre, Walsall tPCT, UK, Hon Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK and Chair Omega, the National Association for End of Life Care
Jo Venables, Consultant in Community Child Health, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Trust, Wales, UK
Barbara Wider, Research Fellow in Complementary Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Exeter, UK
Meg Williams, Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine, All Wales Higher Training Programme, Cardiff, UK
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Introduction
1: Ethical issues
2: Breaking bad news
3: Research in palliative care
4: Principles of drug use in palliative care
5: Oncology and palliative care
6: Symptom management
7: Paediatric palliative care
8: End of life care in non-malignant disease
9: Spiritual care
10: Contribution to palliative care of allied health professions
11: Complementary therapies in palliative care
12: Palliative care in the home
13: Hospital liaison palliative care
14: Palliative care for people with learning difficulties
15: Emergencies in palliative care
16: The terminal phase
17: Bereavement
18: Self care
19: Miscellaneous
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