Following publication of the first edition in 1993, the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine
rapidly established itself as the definitive textbook on the subject. Each edition has received …

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 …

" the thoroughness of the text has to be admired. It is an excellent starting point for students
of palliative care which makes an important contribution to any library."-British Journal of …

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing remains the most comprehensive treatise on the
art and science of palliative care nursing available. Dr. Betty Rolling Ferrell and Dr. Judith A …

A book for nurses, doctors, and all who provide end-of-life care, this volume guides readers
through the ethical complexities of such care, including policy initiatives, and encourages …

" What do you do?" a clear, concise, simple, and readily understood answer might be," I am
a heart specialist." An internist can say," a physician for adults," and then perhaps specify …

The idea of a philosophy of palliative care emerged with Cicely Saunders' vision for'a good
death', and was developed further with the WHO definition of palliative care. It is now being …

Palliative medicine was first recognised as a specialist field in 1987. One hundred years
earlier, London based doctor William Munk published a treatise on'easeful death'that …

The development by the second half of the twentieth century of new technologies and
effective specific treatments for disease still left much suffering unaddressed. As Professor …

This highly successful and well-established key introductory text for palliative care, is now in
its fourth edition. It has been fully revised and updated throughout with greatly expanded …